8. Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan!For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,The time that I will punish him.
9. If grape-gatherers came to you,Would they not leave some gleaning grapes?If thieves by night,Would they not destroy until they have enough?
10. But I have made Esau bare;I have uncovered his secret places,And he shall not be able to hide himself.His descendants are plundered,His brethren and his neighbors,And he is no more.
11. Leave your fatherless children,I will preserve them alive;And let your widows trust in Me.”
12. For thus says the Lord: “Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one who will altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.
13. For I have sworn by Myself,” says the Lord, “that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.”
14. I have heard a message from the Lord,And an ambassador has been sent to the nations:“Gather together, come against her,And rise up to battle!
15. “For indeed, I will make you small among nations,Despised among men.
16. Your fierceness has deceived you,The pride of your heart,O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,Who hold the height of the hill!Though you make your nest as high as the eagle,I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.