Edom’s Approaching Destruction

We have heard a report from Yahweh, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up and let us rise against it[fn] for battle.” 2 “Look, I will[fn] make you insignificant among the nations. You will be utterly despised! 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of a rock, the heights of its dwelling, you who say in your heart: ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ 4 Even if you soar like the eagle, even if your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down!” ⌊declares⌋[fn] Yahweh: 5 “If thieves came to you, if plunderers of the night—How you have been destroyed!—would they not steal ⌊what they wanted⌋?[fn] If grape gatherers came, would they not leave gleanings? 6 How Esau has been pillaged; his treasures have been ransacked! 7 All of your ⌊allies⌋[fn] have driven you up to the boundary; your ⌊confederates⌋[fn] have deceived you and have prevailed against you. Those who eat your bread have set an ambush for you, there is no[fn] understanding of it.[fn] 8 On that day,” ⌊declares⌋[fn] Yahweh, “will I not destroy the wise men from Edom, and understanding from the mountain of Esau? 9 And your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that ⌊everyone⌋[fn] from the mountain of Esau will be cut off because of the slaughter!