9 Then your amighty men, O bTeman, shall be dismayed,
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.
Edom Mistreated His Brother
10 “For aviolence against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you,
And byou shall be cut off forever.
Shame shall cover you,
And byou shall be cut off forever.
11 In the day that you astood on the other side—
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And bcast lots for Jerusalem—
Even you were as one of them.
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And bcast lots for Jerusalem—
Even you were as one of them.
12 “But you should not have agazed on the day of your brother
1In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have brejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.
1In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have brejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.
13 You should not have entered the gate of My people
In the day of their calamity.
Indeed, you should not have1 gazed on their affliction
In the day of their calamity,
Nor laid hands on their substance
In the day of their calamity.
In the day of their calamity.
Indeed, you should not have1 gazed on their affliction
In the day of their calamity,
Nor laid hands on their substance
In the day of their calamity.
14 You should not have stood at the crossroads
To cut off those among them who escaped;
Nor should you have1 delivered up those among them who remained
In the day of distress.
To cut off those among them who escaped;
Nor should you have1 delivered up those among them who remained
In the day of distress.
15 “Fora the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near;
bAs you have done, it shall be done to you;
Your1 reprisal shall return upon your own head.
bAs you have done, it shall be done to you;
Your1 reprisal shall return upon your own head.
16 aFor as you drank on My holy mountain,
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.
Israel’s Final Triumph
17 “But on Mount Zion there ashall be deliverance,
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
And the house of Joseph aa flame;
But the house of Esau shall be stubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them,
And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
And the house of Joseph aa flame;
But the house of Esau shall be stubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them,
And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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