rsv Jeremiah:49:7-15
rsv@Jeremiah:49:7 @ Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
rsv@Jeremiah:49:8 @ Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him.
rsv@Jeremiah:49:9 @ If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
rsv@Jeremiah:49:10 @ But I have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places, and he is not able to conceal himself. His children are destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more.
rsv@Jeremiah:49:11 @ Leave your fatherless children, I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me."
rsv@Jeremiah:49:12 @ For thus says the LORD: "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink.
rsv@Jeremiah:49:13 @ For I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes."
rsv@Jeremiah:49:14 @ I have heard tidings from the LORD, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Gather yourselves together and come against her, and rise up for battle!"
rsv@Jeremiah:49:15 @ For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among men.