The oracleconcerning Edom.One keeps callingto me from Seir,"Watchman,howfar goneis the night?Watchman,howfar goneis the night?"
and Mishmaand Dumahand Massa,
Then Jacobsentmessengersbeforehim to his brotherEsauin the landof Seir,the countryof Edom.
He also commandedthem saying,"Thusyou shall sayto my lordEsau:'Thussaysyour servantJacob,"I have sojournedwith Laban,and stayeduntilnow;
Mishma,Dumah,Massa,Hadad,Tema,
Remember,O LORD,against the sonsof EdomThe dayof Jerusalem,Who said,"Razeit, razeit To its very foundation."
"The watchmenwho makethe roundsin the cityfoundme, [And I said], 'Have you seenhim whommy soulloves?'
The watchmansays,"Morningcomesbut alsonight.Ifyou would inquire,inquire;Comebackagain."
For thusthe Lordsaysto me, "Go,stationthe lookout,let him reportwhathe sees.
Now KingZedekiahsentand tookhim [out]; and in his palacethe kingsecretlyaskedhim and said,"Is therea wordfrom the LORD?"And Jeremiahsaid,"Thereis!" Then he said,"You will be giveninto the handof the kingof Babylon!"
"And I setwatchmenoveryou, [saying], 'Listento the soundof the trumpet!'But they said,'We will not listen.'
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"BecauseEdomhas actedagainst the houseof Judahby takingvengeance,and has incurredgrievousguilt,and avengedthemselves upon them,"
"Now as for you, sonof man,I have appointedyou a watchmanfor the houseof Israel;so you will heara messagefrom My mouthand givethem warningfrom Me.
Egyptwill becomea waste,And Edomwill becomea desolatewilderness,Becauseof the violencedone to the sonsof Judah,In whoselandthey have shedinnocentblood.
Thussaysthe LORD,"For threetransgressionsof Gazaand for fourI will not revokeits [punishment], Becausethey deportedan entirepopulationTo deliver[it] up to Edom.
"Edomshall be a possession,Seir,its enemies,also will be a possession,While Israelperformsvaliantly.
do not provokethem, for I will not giveyou anyof their land,even[as little as] a footstepbecauseI have givenMountSeirto Esauas a possession.
Araband Dumahand Eshan,
