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Thus says the Lord God ^aconcerning Edom:
^bWe have heard a report from the Lord,
and a messenger has been sent among the nations:
“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”
2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
you shall be utterly despised. ^{▼▼Or Behold, I have made you small among the nations; you are utterly despised}
3 ^dThe pride of your heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock, ^{▼▼Or Sela}
in your lofty dwelling,
^fwho say in your heart,
“Who will bring me down to the ground?”
4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,

declares the Lord.
5 If ^gthieves came to you,
if plunderers came by night—
how you have been destroyed!—
would they not steal only enough for themselves?
If ^hgrape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave gleanings?
6 ⁱHow Esau has been pillaged,
his treasures sought out!
7 All your allies have driven you to your border;
those at peace with you have deceived you;
they have prevailed against you;
^jthose who eat your bread ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks those who eat} have set a trap beneath you—
^lyou have ^{▼▼Hebrew he has} no understanding.
8 ⁿWill I not on that day, declares the Lord,
destroy the wise men out of Edom,
and understanding out of ^oMount Esau?
9 And your mighty men shall be dismayed, ^pO Teman,
so that every man from ^qMount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

Edom’s Violence Against Jacob

10 ^rBecause of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
^sand you shall be cut off forever.
11 ^tOn the day that you stood aloof,
^uon the day that strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
^vand cast lots for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.
12 ^wBut do not gloat over the day of your brother
in the day of his misfortune;
^xdo not rejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their ruin;
^ydo not boast ^{▼▼Hebrew do not enlarge your mouth}
in the day of distress.
13 ^aaDo not enter the gate of my people
in the day of their calamity;
^abdo not gloat over his disaster
in the day of his calamity;
^acdo not loot his wealth
in the day of his calamity.
14 ^adDo not stand at the crossroads
to cut off his fugitives;
do not hand over his survivors
in the day of distress.

The Day of the Lord Is Near

15 For ^aethe day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.
^afAs you have done, it shall be done to you;
your deeds shall return on your own head.
16 ^agFor as you have drunk on ^ahmy holy mountain,
so all the nations shall drink continually;
they shall drink and swallow,
and shall be as though they had never been.
17 ^aiBut in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,
and it shall be holy,
^ajand the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
18 ^akThe house of Jacob shall be a fire,
and the house of Joseph a flame,
and the house of Esau ^alstubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
^amand there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,

for the Lord has spoken.

The Kingdom of the Lord

19 Those of ^anthe Negeb ^aoshall possess ^apMount Esau,
and those of the Shephelah shall possess ^aqthe land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of ^arSamaria,
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as ^asZarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
21 ^atSaviors shall go up to Mount Zion
to rule ^auMount Esau,
and ^avthe kingdom shall be the Lord’s.