Old/New Testament
God’s Judgment on Edom
Edom’s Approaching Destruction
We have heard a report from the Lord.
An envoy was sent among the nations, saying,[g]
“Arise! Let us make war against Edom!”[h]
2 The Lord says,[i] “Look! I will[j] make you a weak nation;[k]
you will be greatly despised!
3 Your presumptuous heart[l] has deceived you—
you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs,[m]
whose home is high in the mountains.[n]
You think to yourself,[o]
‘No one can[p] bring me down to the ground!’[q]
4 Even if you were to soar high like an eagle,[r]
even if you[s] were to make your nest among the stars,
I can bring you down even from there!” says the Lord.
5 “If thieves came to rob you[t] during the night,[u]
they would steal only as much as they wanted.[v]
If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards,[w]
they would leave some behind for the poor.[x]
But you will be totally destroyed![y]
6 How the people of Esau[z] will be thoroughly plundered![aa]
Their[ab] hidden valuables will be ransacked![ac]
7 All your allies[ad] will force[ae] you from your homeland![af]
Your treaty partners[ag] will deceive you and overpower you.
Your trusted friends[ah] will set an ambush[ai] for[aj] you
that will take you by surprise![ak]
8 At that time,”[al] the Lord says,
“I will destroy the wise sages of Edom,[am]
the advisers[an] from Esau’s mountain.
9 Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman,[ao]
so that[ap] everyone[aq] will be destroyed[ar] from Esau’s mountain!
Edom’s Treachery Against Judah
10 “Because[as] you violently slaughtered[at] your relatives,[au] the people of Jacob,[av]
shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed[aw] forever.
11 You stood aloof[ax] while strangers took his army[ay] captive,
and foreigners advanced to his gates.[az]
When they cast lots[ba] over Jerusalem,
you behaved as though you were in league[bb] with them.
12 You should not[bc] have gloated[bd] when your relatives[be] suffered calamity.[bf]
You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed.[bg]
You should not have boasted[bh] when they suffered adversity.[bi]
13 You should not have entered the city[bj] of my people when they experienced distress.[bk]
You should not have joined[bl] in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress.[bm]
You should not have looted[bn] their wealth when they endured distress.[bo]
14 You should not have stood at the fork in the road[bp] to slaughter[bq] those trying to escape.[br]
You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.[bs]
The Coming Day of the Lord
15 “For the day of the Lord[bt] is approaching[bu] for all the nations![bv]
Just as you have done, so it will be done to you.
You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.[bw]
16 For just as you[bx] have drunk[by] on my holy mountain,
so all the nations will drink continually.[bz]
They will drink, and they will gulp down;
they will be as though they had never been.
17 But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape,[ca]
and it will be a holy place once again.
The descendants[cb] of Jacob will conquer[cc]
those who had conquered them.[cd]
18 The descendants of Jacob will be a fire,
and the descendants of Joseph a flame.
The descendants of Esau will be like stubble.
They will burn them up and devour them.
There will not be a single survivor[ce] of the descendants of Esau!”
Indeed, the Lord has spoken it.
19 The people of the Negev[cf] will take possession[cg] of Esau’s mountain,
and the people of the foothills[ch] will take
possession[ci] of the land of[cj] the Philistines.
They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
and the people of Benjamin will take possession[ck] of Gilead.[cl]
20 The exiles of this fortress[cm] of the people of Israel
will take possession[cn] of what belongs to
the people of Canaan, as far as Zarephath,[co]
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad[cp]
will take possession of the towns of the Negev.
21 Those who have been delivered[cq] will go up on Mount Zion
in order to rule over[cr] Esau’s mountain.
Then the Lord will reign as King![cs]
9 Then[a] the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky[b] to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.[c] 2 He[d] opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it[e] like smoke from a giant furnace. The[f] sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft. 3 Then[g] out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power[h] like that of the scorpions of the earth. 4 They[i] were told[j] not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people[k] who did not have the seal of God on their[l] forehead. 5 The locusts[m] were not given permission[n] to kill[o] them, but only to torture[p] them[q] for five months, and their torture was like that[r] of a scorpion when it stings a person.[s] 6 In[t] those days people[u] will seek death, but[v] will not be able to[w] find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
7 Now[x] the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On[y] their heads were something like crowns similar to gold,[z] and their faces looked like men’s[aa] faces. 8 They[ab] had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9 They had breastplates[ac] like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle. 10 They have[ad] tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability[ae] to injure people for five months is in their tails. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.[af]
12 The first woe has passed, but[ag] two woes are still coming after these things!
13 Then[ah] the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the[ai] horns on the golden altar that is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding[aj] the trumpet, “Set free[ak] the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” 15 Then[al] the four angels who had been prepared for this[am] hour, day,[an] month, and year were set free to kill[ao] a third of humanity. 16 The[ap] number of soldiers on horseback was 200,000,000;[aq] I heard their number. 17 Now[ar] this is what the horses and their riders[as] looked like in my[at] vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red,[au] dark blue,[av] and sulfurous[aw] yellow in color.[ax] The[ay] heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur[az] came out of their mouths. 18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is,[ba] by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths. 19 For the power[bb] of the horses resides[bc] in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries. 20 The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made[bd] of gold, silver,[be] bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk about. 21 Furthermore,[bf] they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells,[bg] of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.
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