9
If grapegatherers came against thee, would they not leave
some gleaning grapes? If thieves by night, they will take what they have need of.
10
But I will make Esau bare, I will uncover his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself; his seed shall be destroyed, and his brethren and his neighbours and he shall no longer be.
11
Leave thy fatherless children; I will raise them; and thy widows shall trust in me.
12
For thus hath the LORD said: Behold, those who were not condemned to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and shalt thou be absolved of everything? Thou shalt not be absolved, but thou shalt surely drink
of it.
13
For I have sworn by myself, said the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.
14
I have heard the news, that from the LORD a messenger had been sent unto the Gentiles,
saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
15
For, behold, I have placed thee as small among the Gentiles
and despised among men.
16
Thy arrogance has deceived thee,
and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dost dwell in the clefts of the rock, that dost hold the height of the mountain: though thou should make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from there, said the LORD.
17
Also Edom shall be a desolation; every one that goes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all its plagues.
18
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour
cities thereof, said 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 to the strong habitation: for I will make rest and make him run from upon her, and he who
is chosen I shall 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?