4 Why ^ado you boast in the valleys,
¹Your flowing valley, O ^bbacksliding daughter?
Who trusted in her ^ctreasures, ^dsaying,
‘Who will come against me?’ ‡

5 Behold, I will bring fear upon you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts,
“From all those who are around you;
You shall be driven out, everyone headlong,
And no one will gather those who wander off.

7 ^aAgainst Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts:
^b“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
^cHas counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom ^dvanished? ‡

8 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of ^aDedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
The time that I will punish him. ‡