Jeremiah:49:7-22

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* Concerning Edom . Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Is there no more wisdom in Teman ? is counsel perished from the prudent ? is their wisdom spent ? * Flee , turn back , dwell deep down , ye inhabitants of Dedan ! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him , the time that I visit him . * If grape-gatherers had come to thee , would they not have left a gleaning ? If thieves by night , they would destroy only till they had enough . * But I have made Esau bare , I have uncovered his secret places , that he is unable to hide himself : his seed is wasted , and his brethren , and his neighbours , and he is not . * Leave thine orphans , I will preserve them alive ; and let thy widows trust in me . * For thus saith Jehovah : Behold , they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink ; and thou indeed , shouldest thou be altogether unpunished ? Thou shalt not go unpunished , but thou shalt surely drink . * For I have sworn by myself , saith Jehovah , that Bozrah shall become an astonishment , a reproach , a waste , and a curse ; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes . * I have heard a rumour from Jehovah , and an ambassador is sent among the nations : -- Gather yourselves together , and come against her and rise up for the battle . * For behold , I have made thee small among the nations , despised among men . * Thy terribleness , the pride of thy heart , hath deceived thee , thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock , that holdest the height of the hill . Though thou shouldest make thy nest high as the eagle , I will bring thee down from thence , saith Jehovah . * And Edom shall be an astonishment : every one that goeth by it shall be astonished , and shall hiss , because of all the plagues thereof . * As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah , and their neighbour cities , saith Jehovah , no one shall dwell there , neither shall a son of man sojourn therein . * Behold , he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation ; for I will make them suddenly run away from it ; and who is a chosen [man ] whom I shall appoint over her ? For who is like me ? and who will assign me a time ? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me ? * Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah , which he hath taken against Edom , and his purposes which he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman : The little ones of the flock shall certainly draw them away ; he shall certainly make their habitation desolate for them . * The earth quaketh at the sound of their fall ; there is a cry , the sound whereof is heard in the Red sea . * Behold , he shall come up , and fly as an eagle , and spread forth his wings against Bozrah ; and at that day the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs .

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