Judgment on Edom

Jeremiah 49

7 Concerning o Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts:
p "Is wisdom no more in p Teman?
q Has counsel perished from the prudent?
q Has their wisdom vanished?
 8 r Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of s Dedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
t the time when I punish him.
 9 u If grape-gatherers came to you,
would they not leave v gleanings?
u If thieves came by night,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
 10 w But I have stripped Esau bare;
u I have uncovered his hiding places,
and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
and his neighbors; and x he is no more.
 11 y Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;
y and let your widows trust in me."

12 For thus says the Lord: z "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, a will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. 13 b For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that c Bozrah shall become d a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes."

14 e I have heard a message from the Lord,
and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
f "Gather yourselves together and come against her,
and rise up for battle!
 15 For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among mankind.
 16 The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock, 1
who hold the height of the hill.
Though you g make your nest as high as the eagle's,
I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.

17 h "Edom shall become a horror. i Everyone who passes by it will be horrified i and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 j As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their k neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, l no man shall dwell there, l no man shall sojourn in her. 19 m Behold, n like a lion coming up from o the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him 2 run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. p For who is like me? q Who will summon me? r What shepherd can stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against s Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of t Teman: u Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21 At the sound of their fall v the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. 22 Behold, w one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against x Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart y of a woman in her birth pains."

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:21
    Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.
    Isaiah 34:5
    For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;...
    Amos 1:11
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions ...
    Obadiah 1:1
    The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God c...
    Malachi 1:2
    I have loved you," says the Lord. But you say, ...
    Ezekiel 25:12 - 14
    Thus says the Lord God : Because Edom acted rev...
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:20
    Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
    Obadiah 1:9
    And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:20
    Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
    Obadiah 1:9
    And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:11 - 12
    The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"?
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:11 - 12
    The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"?
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:30
    Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor! declares the Lord. For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has made a plan against you and formed a purpose against you.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:23
    Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair.
    Genesis 25:3
    Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:27
    Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
    Jeremiah 50:31
    Behold, I am against you, O proud one, declares the Lord God of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
    Jeremiah 46:21
    Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like fattened calves; yes, they have turned and fled together; they did not stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.
    Jeremiah 50:27
    Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
  9. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:5 - 6
    If thieves came to you, if plunderers came by night - how you have been destroyed! - would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
  10. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:5 - 6
    If thieves came to you, if plunderers came by night - how you have been destroyed! - would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
  11. Cross References
    Judges 8:2
    And he said to them, "What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
  12. Cross References
    Malachi 1:3
    But Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:9
    If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:15
    Thus says the Lord : "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.
    Isaiah 17:14
    At evening time, behold, terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us, and the lot of those who plunder us.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 10:14
    But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
    Psalms 10:18
    To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
    Psalms 68:5
    Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 10:14
    But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
    Psalms 10:18
    To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
    Psalms 68:5
    Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:28
    And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: You must drink!
    Obadiah 1:16
    For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually; they shall drink and swallow, and shall be as though they had never been.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:29
    For behold, I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:5
    But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:22
    Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains.
    Jeremiah 48:24
    And Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 24:9
    I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
  22. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:1 - 4
    The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!
  23. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:4
    The sound of a tumult is on the mountains as of a great multitude! The sound of an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The Lord of hosts is mustering a host for battle.
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:28
    Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:3
    And say to it, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.
    Ezekiel 35:7
    I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
    Ezekiel 35:9
    I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:13
    Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss because of all her wounds.
  27. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:13
    Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss because of all her wounds.
  28. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:19
    And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
  29. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:23
    The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath -
  30. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:33
    Hazor shall become a haunt of jackals, an everlasting waste; no man shall dwell there; no man shall sojourn in her.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:33
    Hazor shall become a haunt of jackals, an everlasting waste; no man shall dwell there; no man shall sojourn in her.
  32. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:19 - 21
    Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
    Jeremiah 50:44 - 46
    Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
  33. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:7
    A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.
  34. Cross References
    Jeremiah 12:5
    If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
  35. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:6
    There is none like you, O Lord ; you are great, and your name is great in might.
  36. Cross References
    Job 9:19
    If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
  37. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:21
    Their prince shall be one of themselves; their ruler shall come out from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach me? declares the Lord.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:3
    And say to it, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.
    Ezekiel 35:7
    I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
    Ezekiel 35:9
    I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
  39. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:7
    Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
  40. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:45
    Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
  41. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:16
    The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of their stallions the whole land quakes. They come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.
    Jeremiah 50:46
    At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations.
    Ezekiel 26:15
    Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst?
  42. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:40
    For thus says the Lord : "Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.
  43. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:13
    For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.
  44. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:24
    Damascus has become feeble, she turned to flee, and panic seized her; anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in labor.
    Jeremiah 6:24
    We have heard the report of it; our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labor.
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