19 He will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordanagainst the perpetually watered meadow;but I will suddenly make him run away from her.And I will appoint over her whomever I choose.For who is like Me? And who will summon Me into court?Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?
20 Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has planned against Edom,and His purposes that He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:Surely the least of the flock will drag them out;surely He will make their habitations desolate because of them.
21 The earth has shaken at the noise of their fall;there is an outcry. Its noise has been heard at the Red Sea.
22 He will mount up and fly as the eagleand spread his wings against Bozrah;and in that day the hearts of the mighty men of Edomwill be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23 Concerning Damascus: Hamath and Arpad have been humiliated,for they have heard bad news.They are faint-hearted;there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quieted.
24 Damascus has become helpless;she has turned away to flee,and panic has seized her.Anguish and sorrows have seized heras a woman in labor.
25 How the city of praise has not been deserted,the city of My joy!