4 You brag about your valleysand about the fruit in your valleys.You are like an unfaithful childwho believes his treasures will save him.You think, ‘Who would attack me?’
5 I will soon bring terror on youfrom everyone around you,”says the Lord God All-Powerful.“You will all be forced to run away,and no one will be able to gather you.
6 “But the time will comewhen I will make good things happen to the Ammonites again,”says the Lord.
7 This message is to Edom. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says:“Is there no more wisdom in the town of Teman?Can the wise men of Edom no longer give good advice?Have they lost their wisdom?
8 You people living in the town of Dedan,run away and hide in deep caves,because I will bring disaster on the people of Esau.It is time for me to punish them.
9 If workers came and picked the grapes from your vines,they would leave a few grapes behind.If robbers came at night,they would steal only enough for themselves.
10 But I will strip Edom bare.I will find all their hiding places,so they will not be able to hide from me.The children, relatives, and neighbors will die,and Edom will be no more.