Jeremiah 49:13

13 I swear by myself,” declares the LORD, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse,[a] an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”

Jeremiah 49:13 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
13 For I have sworn by myself, declares the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes."
NLT
13 For I have sworn by my own name,” says the LORD, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror and a heap of ruins; it will be mocked and cursed. All its towns and villages will be desolate forever.”
MSG
13 And as for Bozrah, your capital, I swear by all that I am" - God's Decree - "that that city will end up a pile of charred ruins, a stinking garbage dump, an obscenity - and all her daughter-cities with her."
CSB
13 For by Myself I have sworn"-the Lord's declaration-"Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will become ruins forever."

Jeremiah 49:13 In-Context

11 ‘Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.’ ”
12 This is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, why should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must drink it.
13 I swear by myself,” declares the LORD, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse, an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”
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.

Cross References 5

  • 1. S Genesis 22:16
  • 2. S Genesis 36:33; Isaiah 34:6
  • 3. ver 17
  • 4. Jeremiah 42:18
  • 5. S Jeremiah 19:8; Ezekiel 35:9

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.
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