5. “If thieves came to rob you during the night,they would steal only as much as they wanted!If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards,they would leave some behind for the poor!But you will be totally destroyed!
6. How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered!Their hidden valuables will be ransacked!
7. All your allies will force you from your homeland!Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you.Your trusted friends will set an ambush for youthat will take you by surprise!
8. At that time,” the Lord says,“I will destroy the wise sages of Edom!the advisers from Esau’s mountain!
9. Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman,so that everyone will be destroyed from Esau’s mountain!
10. “Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob,shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever.
11. You stood aloof while strangers took his army captive,and foreigners advanced to his gates.When they cast lots over Jerusalem,you behaved as though you were in league with them.
12. You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity.You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed.You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity.
13. You should not have entered the city of my people when they experienced distress.You should not have joined in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress.You should not have looted their wealth when they endured distress.
14. You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape.You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.
15. “For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations!Just as you have done, so it will be done to you.You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.