9 If people come to pick your grapes,won’t they leave a few grapes behind?If thieves come during the night,won’t they steal only until they’ve had enough?
10 Yet, I will strip the descendants of Esau.I will find their hiding places.They won’t be able to hide.Their children and relatives will be destroyed.None of their neighbors will say,
11 “Abandon your orphans, and I will keep them alive.Your widows can trust me.”
12 This is what the Lord says: If those who don’t deserve to drink from the cup still drink from it, why should you go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished. You must drink from it.
13 I take an oath on myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah will become a pile of rubble. It will become something horrifying, ridiculed, ruined, and cursed. All its cities will lie in ruins permanently.
14 I heard a message from the Lord.A messenger was sent among the nations to say,“Assemble, and attack Edom.Get ready for battle.”
15 “Edom, I will make you the smallest of nationsand despised among humanity.