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?