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"For I have ^(C1)sworn by Myself," declares the LORD, "that ^(C2)Bozrah will become an ^(C3)object of horror, a disgrace, a wasteland, and a curse; and all its cities will become permanent ruins."

I have ^(C1)heard a message from the LORD, And a ^(C2)messenger is being sent among the nations, saying, "^(C3)Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle!"

"For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among people.

-"As for the terror you cause, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of ^(F1)the ^(C1)rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as ^(C2)high as an eagle's, I will ^(C3)bring you down from there," declares the LORD.

"Edom will become an ^(C1)object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will ^(F1)(C2)hiss at all its wounds.

"Like the ^(C1)overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors," says the LORD, "^(C2)no one will live there, nor will ^(F1)anyone of mankind reside in it.

"^(C1)Behold, one will come up like a lion from the ^(C2)thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase him away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is ^(C3)chosen. For who is ^(C4)like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd ^(C5)who can stand against Me?"

Therefore hear the ^(C1)plan of the LORD which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has in mind against the inhabitants of Teman: they will certainly drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; He will certainly make their pasture ^(C2)desolate because of them.

The ^(C1)earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the ^(F1)Red Sea.

Behold, ^(F1)He will mount up and ^(C1)swoop like an eagle, and spread out His wings ^(F2)against Bozrah; and the ^(C2)hearts of the warriors of Edom on that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.