18 Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrahand the towns that were around them.No one will live there.No human being will settle in it,”says the Lord.
19 “A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordanscatters the sheep in the pastureland around it.So too I will chase the Edomites off their land.Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose.For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account.There is no ruler who can stand up against me.
20 So listen to what I, the Lord, have planned against Edom,what I intend to do to the people who live in Teman.Their little ones will be dragged off.I will completely destroy their land because of what they have done.
21 The people of the earth will quake when they hear of their downfall.Their cries of anguish will be heard all the way to the Gulf of Aqaba.
22 Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings,a nation will soar up and swoop down on Bozrah.At that time the soldiers of Edom will be as fearful as a woman in labor.”
23 The Lord spoke about Damascus. “The people of Hamath and Arpad will be dismayedbecause they have heard bad news.Their courage will melt away because of worry.Their hearts will not be able to rest.
24 The people of Damascus will lose heart and turn to flee.Panic will grip them.Pain and anguish will seize themlike a woman in labor.