Jeremiah 49:7-27

New International Version

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?^(D)
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom decayed?
⁸ Turn 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.
⁹ If 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?
¹⁰ But 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.’”

¹⁴ I 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.
¹⁶ The 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)
18 As 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?”

²⁰ Therefore, 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)
21 At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;^(AJ)
    their cry^(AK) will resound to the Red Sea.^[b]
22 Look! 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)

“Hamath^(AQ) and Arpad^(AR) are dismayed,
    for they have heard bad news.
They are disheartened,
    troubled like^[c] the restless sea.^(AS)
24 Damascus has become feeble,
    she has turned to flee
    and panic has gripped her;
anguish and pain have seized her,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(AT)
25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
    the town in which I delight?
²⁶ Surely, her young men^(AU) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced^(AV) in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
²⁷ “I will set fire^(AW) to the walls of Damascus;^(AX)
    it will consume^(AY) the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.^(AZ)”