5. ‘If thieves came to you,if robbers in the night –oh, what a disaster awaits you –would they not steal only as much as they wanted?If grape pickers came to you,would they not leave a few grapes?
6. But how Esau will be ransacked,his hidden treasures pillaged!
7. All your allies will force you to the border;your friends will deceive and overpower you;those who eat your bread will set a trap for you,but you will not detect it.
8. ‘In that day,’ declares the Lord,‘will I not destroy the wise men of Edom,those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
9. Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified,and everyone in Esau’s mountainswill be cut down in the slaughter.
10. Because of the violence against your brother Jacob,you will be covered with shame;you will be destroyed for ever.
11. On the day you stood aloofwhile strangers carried off his wealthand foreigners entered his gatesand cast lots for Jerusalem,you were like one of them.
12. You should not gloat over your brotherin the day of his misfortune,nor rejoice over the people of Judahin the day of their destruction,nor boast so muchin the day of their trouble.