Jeremiah:49:7-22

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* Concerning Edom , thus hath said the Lord of hosts , Is there no more wisdom in Theman ? is counsel vanished from the prudent ? is their wisdom become corrupt ? * They flee , turn round , seek their abode in deep places ,–– the inhabitants of Dedan ; for the calamity of Esau do I bring upon him , the time when I visit him with punishment . * If grape –gatherers had come to thee , would they not have left some gleanings ? if thieves by night , they would destroy only till they had satisfied themselves ; * But I have made Esau bare , I have uncovered his secret haunts , so that he will not be able to hide himself : his seed is wasted , and his brethren , and his neighbors , and he is no more . * Leave thy fatherless children , I will have to preserve them alive : and thy widows must trust in me . * For thus hath said the Lord , Behold , they whose right it was not to drink the cup have been compelled to drink it , and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished ? thou shalt not go unpunished , but thou shalt surely drink it . * For by myself have I sworn , saith the Lord , that Bozrah shall become an astonishment , a disgrace , a ruin , and a curse ; and all its cities shall become perpetual ruins . * A report have I heard from the Lord , and an ambassador is sent among the nations , Gather yourselves together , and come against her , and rise up to the battle . * For , lo , I render thee small among the nations , despised among men . * Thy hastiness hath deceived thee , the presumption of thy heart , O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock , that holdest the height of the hill : though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as the eagle , thence would I bring thee down , saith the Lord . * And Edom shall become astonishment : every one that passeth by it shall be astonished , and shall hiss at all its wounds . * Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors , saith the Lord , so shall no man dwell there , nor shall a son of man sojourn therein . * Behold , like a lion will he come up from the overflow of the Jordan against the strong habitation ; for I will hasten him , make him suddenly prevail against her ; and him who is chosen will I array against her ; for who is like me ? and who will challenge me to battle ? and who is that shepherd that can stand before me ? * Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord , that he hath resolved against Edom ; and his purposes , that he hath devised against the inhabitants of Theman : Surely the least of the flocks shall drag them away ; surely he will devastate over them their habitation . * At the noise of their fall the earth quaketh : an outcry ,––at the Red Sea their voice is heard . * Behold , like the eagle shall he come up and fly along , and spread out his wings over Bozrah : and the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be on that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs .

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