7
Concerning
Edom, thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; Is
wisdom no more in
Teman? is
counsel perished from the
prudent ? is their
wisdom vanished ?
8
Flee ye, turn
back ,
dwell deep , O
inhabitants of
Dedan; for I will
bring the
calamity of
Esau upon him, the
time that I will
visit him.
9
If
grapegatherers come to thee, would they not
leave some gleaning
grapes? if
thieves by
night, they will
destroy till they have
enough.
10
But I have made
Esau bare , I have
uncovered his secret
places, and he shall not be
able to
hide himself: his
seed is
spoiled , and his
brethren, and his
neighbours, and he is not.
11
Leave thy fatherless
children, I will preserve them
alive ; and let thy
widows trust in me.
12
For thus
saith the
LORD; Behold, they whose
judgment was not to
drink of the
cup have
assuredly drunken ; and art thou he that shall
altogether go
unpunished ? thou shalt not go
unpunished , but thou shalt
surely drink of it.
13
For I have
sworn by myself,
saith the
LORD, that
Bozrah shall become a
desolation, a
reproach, a
waste, and a
curse; and all the
cities thereof shall be
perpetual wastes.
14
I have
heard a
rumour from the
LORD, and an
ambassador is
sent unto the
heathen, saying, Gather ye
together , and
come against her, and rise
up to the
battle.
15
For, lo, I will
make thee
small among the
heathen, and
despised among
men.
16
Thy
terribleness hath
deceived thee, and the
pride of thine
heart, O thou that
dwellest in the
clefts of the
rock, that
holdest the
height of the
hill: though thou shouldest make thy
nest as
high as the
eagle, I will bring thee
down from thence,
saith the
LORD.
17
Also
Edom shall be a
desolation: every one that
goeth by it shall be
astonished , and shall
hiss at all the
plagues thereof.
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h'M;v.l ~w{d/
a h't.y'h.w ? 'h,tw{K;m -l'K -l;[ q{
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18
As in the
overthrow of
Sodom and
Gomorrah and the
neighbour cities thereof,
saith the
LORD, no
man shall
abide there, neither shall a
son of
man dwell in it.
19
Behold, he shall come
up like a
lion from the
swelling of
Jordan against the
habitation of the
strong: but I will
suddenly make him run
away from her: and who is a
chosen man, that I may
appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the
time ? and who is that
shepherd that will
stand before me?
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a.Gim h,l][;y
hey.r;a.K heNih ? yim.W 'hy,l'[em .WN,cyir]a h'[yiG.r;a -yiK
!'tyea ? yim.W yinw{m'k yim yiK d{
q.p,a 'hy,lea
r.Wx'b ?
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m][;y r,v]a h,[{
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20
Therefore
hear the
counsel of the
LORD, that he hath
taken against
Edom; and his
purposes, that he hath
purposed against the
inhabitants of
Teman: Surely the
least of the
flock shall draw them
out : surely he shall make their
habitations desolate with them.
21
The
earth is
moved at the
noise of their
fall , at the
cry the
noise thereof was
heard in the
Red sea.
22
Behold, he shall come
up and
fly as the
eagle, and
spread his
wings over
Bozrah: and at that
day shall the
heart of the mighty
men of
Edom be as the
heart of a
woman in her
pangs .