4 “Though you rise high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I shall bring you down,” declares יהוה.
5 “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night, how ruined you would have been! Would they not steal till they had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to you, would they not leave gleanings?
6 “How Ěsaw shall be searched out! His hidden treasures shall be sought out!
7 “All your allies shall send you forth to the border, your friends shall deceive you and overpower you. They make your bread a snare under you, without you discerning it!
8 “In that day,” declares יהוה, “I shall destroy the wise men from Eḏom, and discernment from the mountains of Ěsaw!
9 “And your mighty men shall be discouraged, O Tĕman, so that everyone from the mountains of Ěsaw is cut off by slaughter.
10 “Because of your violence against your brother Ya‛aqoḇ, let shame cover you. And you shall be cut off forever.