4 aThough you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you bset your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.
And though you bset your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.
5 “If athieves had come to you,
If robbers by night—
Oh, how you will be cut off!—
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
bWould they not have left some gleanings?
If robbers by night—
Oh, how you will be cut off!—
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
bWould they not have left some gleanings?
7 All the men in your confederacy
Shall force you to the border;
aThe men at peace with you
Shall deceive you and prevail against you.
Those who eat your bread shall lay a1 trap for you.
bNo1 one is aware of it.
Shall force you to the border;
aThe men at peace with you
Shall deceive you and prevail against you.
Those who eat your bread shall lay a1 trap for you.
bNo1 one is aware of it.
8 “Willa I not in that day,” says the Lord,
“Even destroy the wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountains of Esau?
“Even destroy the wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountains of Esau?
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.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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