12. For thus says the Lord: They whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one who shall go unpunished altogether? You will not go unpunished, but you will surely drink of it.
13. For I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And all the cities will become perpetual wastes.
14. I have heard a message from the Lord,and an ambassador has been sent to the nations:“Gather together, and come against her,and rise up to the battle!”
15. For I will make you small among the nations,and despised among men.
16. As for the terror of you,the pride of your heart has deceived you,O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,who hold the height of the hill.Though you make your nest as high as the eagle,I will bring you down from there,says the Lord.
17. Also Edom will become a desolation;everyone who goes by it will be astonished,and will hiss at all its wounds.
18. As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrahand the neighboring cities,says the Lord,no man will abide there,nor will a son of man dwell in it.
19. He will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordanagainst the perpetually watered meadow;but I will suddenly make him run away from her.And I will appoint over her whomever I choose.For who is like Me? And who will summon Me into court?Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?
20. Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has planned against Edom,and His purposes that He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:Surely the least of the flock will drag them out;surely He will make their habitations desolate because of them.
21. The earth has shaken at the noise of their fall;there is an outcry. Its noise has been heard at the Red Sea.
22. He will mount up and fly as the eagleand spread his wings against Bozrah;and in that day the hearts of the mighty men of Edomwill be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.