10. But I will strip Esau bare;I will uncover his hiding-places,so that he cannot conceal himself.His armed men are destroyed,also his allies and neighbours,so there is no one to say,
11. “Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive.Your widows too can depend on me.” ’
12. This is what the Lord says: ‘If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, why should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must drink it.
13. I swear by myself,’ declares the Lord, ‘that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse, an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins for ever.’
14. I have heard a message from the Lord;an envoy was sent to the nations to say,‘Assemble yourselves to attack it!Rise up for battle!’
15. ‘Now I will make you small among the nations,despised by mankind.
16. The terror you inspireand the pride of your heart have deceived you,you who live in the clefts of the rocks,who occupy the heights of the hill.Though you build your nest as high as the eagle’s,from there I will bring you down,’declares the Lord.
17. ‘Edom will become an object of horror;all who pass by will be appalled and will scoffbecause of all its wounds.
18. As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown,along with their neighbouring towns,’says the Lord,‘so no one will live there;no people will dwell in it.
19. ‘Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thicketsto a rich pasture-land,I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?Who is like me and who can challenge me?And what shepherd can stand against me?’