4. Why gloriest thou in the valleys? Thy valley has slipped, O backsliding daughter that trusted in her treasures, she that saith, Who shall come against me?
5. Behold, I bring fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of the hosts, from all sides; and ye shall be driven out each man right forth in the direction he is facing; and no one shall gather up him that wanders.
6. And afterward I will turn again the captivity of the sons of Ammon, said the Lord.
7. Concerning Edom, thus hath the Lord of the hosts said: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? Has the counsel of the wise perished? Is their wisdom corrupted?
8. Flee, turn back, hide in the deeps to remain, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, at the time that I have to visit him.
9. If grapegatherers came against thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves by night, they will take what they have need of.
10. But I will make Esau bare, I will uncover his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself; his seed shall be destroyed, and his brethren and his neighbours and he shall no longer be.
11. Leave thy fatherless children; I will raise them; and thy widows shall trust in me.
12. For thus hath the Lord said: Behold, those who were not condemned to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and shalt thou be absolved of everything? Thou shalt not be absolved, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
13. For I have sworn by myself, said the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.
14. I have heard the news, that from the Lord a messenger had been sent unto the Gentiles, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
15. For, behold, I have placed thee as small among the Gentiles and despised among men.
16. Thy arrogance has deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dost dwell in the clefts of the rock, that dost hold the height of the mountain: though thou should make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from there, said the Lord.
17. Also Edom shall be a desolation; every one that goes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all its plagues.
18. As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, said the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.