3. Wail, Heshbon, “The ruin is destroyed!”shriek, villages of Rabbah!Put on sackcloth and lament!Run back and forth in the sheepfolds.For Milcom is going into exile,taking priest and prince with him.
4. Why boast in your strength,your ebbing strength, rebellious daughter?Why trust in your treasures, saying,“Who would dare attack me?”
5. See, I am bringing terror upon you—oracle of the Lord God of hosts—from all around you;You shall be scattered, each in headlong flight,with no one to gather the fugitives.
6. But afterward I will restore the fortunesof the Ammonites—oracle of the Lord.
7. Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts:Is there no more wisdom in Teman,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 Esauwhen I come to punish them.
9. If vintagers came upon you,they would leave no gleanings;If thieves by night,they would destroy as they pleased.
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.
11. Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive;your widows, let them trust in me.
12. For thus says the Lord: Look, even those not sentenced to drink the cup must drink it! Shall you then go unpunished? You shall not! You shall drink every bit of it!
13. By myself I have sworn—oracle of the Lord—Bozrah shall become an object of horror, a disgrace, a desolation, and a curse. Bozrah and all its cities shall become ruins forever.
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!
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.