Jeremiah 49:7-22

New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Is there no more wisdom in Teman,^[a]
    has counsel perished from the prudent,
    is their wisdom gone?
⁸ Flee, retreat, hide deep for lodging,
    inhabitants of Dedan:
For I bring disaster upon Esau^[b]
    when I come to punish them.^(A)
9 If vintagers came upon you,
    they would leave no gleanings;
If thieves by night,
    they would destroy as they pleased.^(B)
10 So I myself will strip Esau;
    I will uncover his lairs so he cannot hide.
Offspring and family are destroyed,
    neighbors, too; he is no more.^(C)
11 Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
    your widows, let them trust in me.^(D)

¹⁴ I have heard a report from the Lord,
    a herald has been sent among the nations:
“Gather together, move against it,
    get ready for battle!”
¹⁵ I will make you the least among the nations,
    despised by all people!^(G)
16 The terror you spread,
    the pride of your heart, beguiled you.
You denizens of rocks and crevices,
    occupying towering peaks:
Though you build your nest high as the eagle,
    from there I will bring you down—oracle of the Lord.^(H)

¹⁹ As when a lion comes up from a thicket of the Jordan
    to a permanent pasture,
So in an instant, I will chase them off;
    I will establish there whomever I choose.
For who is like me? Who holds me accountable?
    What shepherd can stand against me?^(J)
20 Therefore, listen to the strategy
    the Lord devised for Edom;
The plans he has drawn up
    against the inhabitants of Teman:
They shall be dragged away, even the smallest of the flock;
    their pasture shall be aghast because of them.
²¹ With the din of their collapse the earth quakes,
    to the Red Sea the outcry is heard!
²² Look! like an eagle he soars aloft,
    and spreads his wings over Bozrah;
On that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors become
    like the heart of a woman in labor.^(K)