13. For I have sworn by myself,” says the Lord, “that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be perpetual wastes.”
14. I have heard news from the Lord,and an ambassador is sent amongst the nations,saying, “Gather yourselves together!Come against her!Rise up to the battle!”
15. “For, behold, I have made you small amongst the nations,and despised amongst men.
16. As for your terror,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 should make your nest as high as the eagle,I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
17. “Edom will become an astonishment.Everyone who passes by it will be astonished,and will hiss at all its plagues.
18. As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbour cities,” says the Lord,“no man will dwell there,neither will any son of man live therein.
19. “Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation:for I will suddenly make them run away from it;and whoever is chosen,I will appoint him over it.For who is like me?Who will appoint me a time?Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”
20. Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he has taken against Edom;and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:Surely they will drag them away,the little ones of the flock.Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.