7. Your allies have deceived you;they have driven you from your country.People who were at peace with you have now conquered you.Those friends who ate with you have laid a trap for you;they say of you, ‘Where is all that cleverness he had?’
8. “On the day I punish Edom,I will destroy their clever menand wipe out all their wisdom.
9. The fighting men of Teman will be terrified,and every soldier in Edom will be killed.
10. “Because you robbed and killedyour brothers, the descendants of Jacob,you will be destroyed and dishonoured for ever.
11. You stood aside on that daywhen enemies broke down their gates.You were as bad as those strangerswho carried off Jerusalem's wealthand divided it among themselves.
12. You should not have gloatedover the misfortune of your brothers in Judah.You should not have been gladon the day of their ruin.You should not have laughed at themin their distress.
13. You should not have entered the city of my peopleto gloat over their sufferingand to seize their richeson the day of their disaster.
14. You should not have stood at the crossroadsto catch those trying to escape.You should not have handed them over to the enemyon the day of their distress.
15. “The day is near when I, the Lord,will judge all nations.Edom, what you have donewill be done to you.You will get back what you have given.
16. My people have drunk a bitter cup of punishmenton my sacred hill.But all the surrounding nations will drinka still more bitter cup of punishment;they will drink it all and vanish away.
17. “But on Mount Zion some will escape,and it will be a sacred place.The people of Jacob will possessthe land that is theirs by right.