5. "Behold, I am going to bring terror upon you," Declares the Lord God of hosts, "From all directions around you; And each of you will be driven out headlong, With no one to gather the fugitives together.
6. "But afterward I will restore The fortunes of the sons of Ammon," Declares the Lord.
7. Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts, "Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
8. "Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan, For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him At the time I punish him.
9. "If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, They would destroy only until they had enough.
10. "But I have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His offspring has been destroyed along with his relatives And his neighbors, and he is no more.
11. "Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your widows trust in Me."
12. For thus says the Lord, "Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it.
13. For I have sworn by Myself," declares the Lord, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."
14. I have heard a message from the Lord, And an envoy is sent among the nations, saying, "Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle!"
15. "For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.
16. "As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle's, I will bring you down from there," declares the Lord.
17. "Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.
18. Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors," says the Lord, "no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it.