Jeremiah 49:7-12

A Message About Edom

7 Concerning Edom: This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
8 Turn and flee, hide in deep caves, you who live in Dedan, 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, so that he cannot conceal himself. His armed men are destroyed, also his allies and neighbors, so there is no one to say,
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.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S Genesis 25:30; S Psalms 83:6; Ezekiel 25:12
  • 2. S Ge 36:11,15,34
  • 3. S Judges 6:2
  • 4. S Genesis 10:7; S Genesis 25:3; Jeremiah 25:23
  • 5. S Genesis 3:8
  • 6. Isaiah 34:10-12; S Jeremiah 11:23; Ezekiel 35:4; Obadiah 1:18; Malachi 1:2-5
  • 7. Hosea 14:3
  • 8. S Deuteronomy 10:18; James 1:27
  • 9. S Isaiah 51:23; S Jeremiah 25:15; Matthew 20:22
  • 10. S Proverbs 11:31; Jeremiah 25:28-29
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