6. Every nook and cranny of Edomwill be searched and looted.Every treasure will be found and taken.
7. “All your allies will turn against you.They will help to chase you from your land.They will promise you peacewhile plotting to deceive and destroy you.Your trusted friends will set traps for you,and you won’t even know about it.
8. At that time not a single wise personwill be left in the whole land of Edom,”says the lord.“For on the mountains of EdomI will destroy everyone who has understanding.
9. The mightiest warriors of Temanwill be terrified,and everyone on the mountains of Edomwill be cut down in the slaughter.
10. “Because of the violence you didto your close relatives in Israel,you will be filled with shameand destroyed forever.
11. When they were invaded,you stood aloof, refusing to help them.Foreign invaders carried off their wealthand cast lots to divide up Jerusalem,but you acted like one of Israel’s enemies.
12. “You should not have gloatedwhen they exiled your relatives to distant lands.You should not have rejoicedwhen the people of Judah suffered such misfortune.You should not have spoken arrogantlyin that terrible time of trouble.
13. You should not have plundered the land of Israelwhen they were suffering such calamity.You should not have gloated over their destructionwhen they were suffering such calamity.You should not have seized their wealthwhen they were suffering such calamity.
14. You should not have stood at the crossroads,killing those who tried to escape.You should not have captured the survivorsand handed them over in their terrible time of trouble.
15. “The day is near when I, the lord,will judge all godless nations!As you have done to Israel,so it will be done to you.All your evil deedswill fall back on your own heads.