Study Desk

-"The ^(C1)arrogance of your heart has deceived you, The one who lives in the clefts of ^(F1)the ^(C2)rock, On the height of his dwelling place, Who says in his heart, '^(C3)Who will bring me down to earth?'

-"Though you ^(C1)make your home high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the ^(C2)stars, From there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.

"If ^(C1)thieves came to you, If ^(F1)robbers by night— Oh how you will be ruined!— Would they not steal only ^(F2)until they had enough? If grape-pickers came to you, ^(C2)Would they not leave some gleanings?

-"Oh how Esau will be ^(C1)searched, And his hidden treasures searched out!

-"All the ^(C1)people ^(F1)allied with you Will send you to the border, And the people at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your ^(C2)bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is ^(C3)no understanding ^(F2)in him.)

-"Will I not on that day," declares the LORD, "^(C1)Eliminate wise men from Edom, And understanding from the mountain of Esau?

-"Then your ^(C1)warriors will be filled with terror, ^(C2)Teman, So that everyone will be ^(C3)eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.

"Because of ^(C1)violence to your brother Jacob, Shame will cover you, ^(C2)And you will be eliminated forever.

-"On the day that you ^(C1)stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And ^(C2)cast lots for Jerusalem— ^(C3)You too were as one of them.

-"^(C1)Do not ^(F1)gloat over your brother's day, The day of his misfortune. And ^(C2)do not rejoice over the sons of Judah On the day of their destruction; Yes, ^(C3)do not ^(F2)boast On the day of their distress.

-"Do not enter the gate of My people On the ^(C1)day of their disaster. You indeed, do not ^(F1)gloat over their catastrophe On the day of their disaster. And do not ^(C2)lay a hand on their wealth On the day of their disaster.

-"Do not ^(C1)stand at the crossroads To eliminate their survivors; And do not hand over their refugees On the day of their distress.

"For the ^(C1)day of the LORD is near for all the nations. ^(C2)Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your ^(C3)dealings will return on your own head.

-"For just as you ^(C1)drank on ^(C2)My holy mountain, All the nations ^(C3)will drink continually. They will drink ^(F1)to the last drop, And become as if they had never existed.