1:13 You should not have entered the city
You should not have joined
You should not have looted
1:11 You stood aloof
and foreigners advanced to his gates.
When they cast lots
you behaved as though you were in league
1:16 For just as you
so all the nations will drink continually.
They will drink, and they will gulp down;
they will be as though they had never been.
1:15 “For the day of the Lord
Just as you have done, so it will be done to you.
You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.
1:17 But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape,
and it will be a holy place once again.
The descendants
those who had conquered them.
1:12 You should not
You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed.
You should not have boasted
1:21 Those who have been delivered
in order to rule over
Then the Lord will reign as King!
1:8 At that time,”
“I will destroy the wise sages of Edom!
the advisers
1:2 The Lord says,
you will be greatly despised!
1:4 Even if you were to soar high like an eagle,
even if you
I can bring you down even from there!” says the Lord.
1:9 Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman,
so that
1:18 The descendants of Jacob will be a fire,
and the descendants of Joseph a flame.
The descendants of Esau will be like stubble.
They will burn them up and devour them.
There will not be a single survivor
Indeed, the Lord has spoken it.
1:14 You should not have stood at the fork in the road
You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.
1:3 Your presumptuous heart
you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs,
whose home is high in the mountains.
You think to yourself,
‘No one can
1:5 “If thieves came to rob you
they would steal only as much as they wanted!
If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards,
they would leave some behind for the poor!
But you will be totally destroyed!
1:7 All your allies
Your treaty partners
Your trusted friends
that will take you by surprise!