7 Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts:Is there no more wisdom in Teman,has counsel perished from the prudent,is their wisdom gone?
8 Flee, retreat, hide deep for lodging,inhabitants of Dedan:For I bring disaster upon Esauwhen I come to punish them.
9 If vintagers came upon you,they would leave no gleanings;If thieves by night,they would destroy as they pleased.
10 So I myself will strip Esau;I will uncover his lairs so he cannot hide.Offspring and family are destroyed,neighbors, too; he is no more.
11 Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive;your widows, let them trust in me.
12 For thus says the Lord: Look, even those not sentenced to drink the cup must drink it! Shall you then go unpunished? You shall not! You shall drink every bit of it!
13 By myself I have sworn—oracle of the Lord—Bozrah shall become an object of horror, a disgrace, a desolation, and a curse. Bozrah and all its cities shall become ruins forever.