Jeremiah 49:7-22

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A Message About Edom^(A)^(B)

⁷Concerning Edom:^(C)

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?^(D)
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom decayed?
⁸Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,^(E)
    you who live in Dedan,^(F)
for I will bring disaster on Esau
    at the time when I punish him.
⁹If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?
If thieves came during the night,
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
¹⁰But I will strip Esau bare;
    I will uncover his hiding places,^(G)
    so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
    also his allies and neighbors,
    so there is no one^(H) to say,
¹¹‘Leave your fatherless children;^(I) I will keep them alive.
    Your widows^(J) too can depend on me.’”

¹²This is what the Lord says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup^(K) must drink it, why should you go unpunished?^(L) You will not go unpunished, but must drink it. ¹³I swear^(M) by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah^(N) will become a ruin and a curse,^[a] an object of horror^(O) and reproach;^(P) and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”^(Q)

¹⁴I have heard a message from the Lord;
an envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Assemble yourselves to attack it!
Rise up for battle!”

¹⁵“Now I will make you small among the nations,
    despised by mankind.
¹⁶The terror you inspire
    and the pride^(R) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,^(S)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest^(T) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
¹⁷“Edom will become an object of horror;^(U)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.^(V)
¹⁸As Sodom^(W) and Gomorrah^(X) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell^(Y) in it.

¹⁹“Like a lion^(Z) coming up from Jordan’s thickets^(AA)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like^(AB) me and who can challenge me?^(AC)
    And what shepherd^(AD) can stand against me?”

²⁰Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Edom,^(AE)
    what he has purposed^(AF) against those who live in Teman:^(AG)
The young of the flock^(AH) will be dragged away;
    their pasture will be appalled at their fate.^(AI)
²¹At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;^(AJ)
    their cry^(AK) will resound to the Red Sea.^[b]
²²Look! An eagle will soar and swoop^(AL) down,
    spreading its wings over Bozrah.^(AM)
In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors^(AN)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.^(AO)