1 Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom(We have heard a report from the Lordand a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying:“Rise up! Let us rise up against it for battle!”):
2 See, I will make you small among the nations;you will be greatly despised.
3 The pride of your heart has deceived you,you who live in the clefts of the rock,whose dwelling is high;you say in your heart,“Who will bring me down to the ground?”
4 Though you ascend high like the eagle,and though you set your nest among the stars,I will bring you down from there,says the Lord.
5 If thieves came to you,if robbers by night—how you have been destroyed!—would they not steal only what they want?If grape gatherers come to you,would they not leave gleanings?
6 How the things of Esau have been ransacked!How his hidden treasures hunted out!