Thus says
the Lord
1GOD
concerning aEdom
-- bWe have heard
a report
from the LORD
, And an cenvoy
has been sent
among the nations
saying, " dArise
and let us go
against
her for battle
"--
"Behold, I will make
you asmall
among the nations
; You are greatly
despised
.
"The aarrogance of your heart
has deceived
you, You who live
in the clefts
of 1the brock
, In the loftiness
of your dwelling
place
, Who say
in your heart
, ` cWho
will bring
me down
to earth
?'
"Though you abuild
high
like the eagle
, Though
you set
your nest
among
the bstars
, From there
I will bring
you down
," declares
the LORD
.
"If athieves
came
to you, If
1robbers
by night
-- O how
you will be ruined
!-- Would they not steal
only 2until they had
enough
? If
grape gatherers
came
to you, bWould they not leave
some gleanings
?
"O how Esau
will be aransacked
, And his hidden
treasures
searched
out!
"All the amen
1allied
with you Will send
you forth to the border
, And the men
at peace
with you Will deceive
you and overpower
you. They who eat your bbread
Will set
an ambush
for you. (There
is cno
understanding
2in him.)
"Will I not on that day," declares
the LORD
, " aDestroy
wise
men
from Edom
And understanding
from the mountain
of Esau
?
"Then your amighty men
will be dismayed
, O bTeman
, So that everyone
may be ccut
off
from the mountain
of Esau
by slaughter
.
"Because of aviolence
to your brother
Jacob
, 1You will be covered
with shame
, bAnd you will be cut
off
forever
.
"On the day that you astood
aloof
, On the day
that strangers
carried
off
his wealth
, And foreigners
entered
his gate
And bcast
lots
for Jerusalem
-- cYou too
were as one
of them.
" aDo not 1gloat over your brother's
day
, The day
of his misfortune
. And bdo not rejoice
over the sons
of Judah
In the day
of their destruction
; Yes, cdo not 2boast
In the day
of their distress
.
"Do not enter the gate
of My people
In the aday
of their disaster
. Yes
, you, do not 1gloat
over their calamity
In the day
of their disaster
. And do not bloot
their wealth
In the day
of their disaster
.
"Do not astand at the fork
of the road
To cut
down
their fugitives
; And do not imprison
their survivors
In the day
of their distress
.
"For the aday of the LORD
draws
near
on all
the nations
. bAs you have done
, it will be done
to you. Your cdealings
will return
on your own head
.
"Because just
as you adrank
on bMy holy
mountain
, All
the nations
cwill drink
continually
. They will drink
and 1swallow
And become
as if they had never
existed
.
"But on Mount aZion
there will be those who
escape
, And it will be holy
. And the house
of Jacob
will bpossess
their possessions
.
"Then the house of Jacob
will be a afire
And the house
of Joseph
a flame
; But the house
of Esau
will be as stubble
. And they will set
1them on fire
and consume
1them, So that there will be bno
survivor
of the house
of Esau
," For the LORD
has spoken
.
Then those of the 1Negev will apossess
the mountain
of Esau
, And those of the 2Shephelah
the bPhilistine
plain; Also, cpossess
the territory
of Ephraim
and the territory
of Samaria
, And Benjamin
will possess Gilead
.
And the exiles of this
host
of the sons
of Israel
, Who
are among the Canaanites
as far
as aZarephath
, And the exiles
of Jerusalem
who
are in Sepharad
Will possess
the bcities
of the Negev
.
The adeliverers will ascend
Mount
Zion
To judge
the mountain
of Esau
, And the bkingdom
will be the LORD'S
.