"Edomwill becomean objectof horror;everyonewho passesby it will be horrifiedand will hissat allits wounds.
"And thishousewill becomea heapof ruins;everyonewho passesby will be astonishedand hissand say,Whyhas the LORDdonethusto thislandand to thishouse?'
To maketheir landa desolation,[An object of] perpetualhissing;Everyonewho passesby it will be astonishedAnd shakehis head.
"For I have swornby Myself," declaresthe LORD,"that Bozrahwill becomean objectof horror,a reproach,a ruinand a curse;and allits citieswill becomeperpetualruins."
"Becauseof the indignationof the LORDshe will not be inhabited,But she will be completelydesolate;Everyonewho passesby Babylonwill be horrifiedAnd will hissbecauseof allher wounds.
"Babylonwill becomea heap[of ruins], a hauntof jackals,An objectof horrorand hissing,withoutinhabitants.
thereforethussaysthe LordGOD,"I will also stretchout My handagainstEdomand cutoffmanand beastfrom it. And I will layit waste;from Temaneven to Dedanthey will fallby the sword.
The merchantsamong the peopleshissat you; You have becometerrifiedAnd you will ceaseto be forever.'"'"
"As you rejoicedover the inheritanceof the houseof Israelbecauseit was desolate,soI will doto you. You will be a desolation,O MountSeir,and allEdom,allof it. Then they will knowthat I am the LORD."'
and sayto it, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I am againstyou, MountSeir,And I will stretchout My handagainstyou And makeyou a desolationand a waste.
"I will makeMountSeira wasteand a desolationand I will cutofffrom it the one who passesthroughand returns.
"The statutesof OmriAnd allthe worksof the houseof Ahabare observed;And in their devicesyou walk.ThereforeI will giveyou up for destructionAnd your inhabitantsfor derision,And you will bearthe reproachof My people."
Thisis the exultantcityWhich dwellssecurely,Who saysin her heart,"I am, and thereis noonebesidesme." Howshe has becomea desolation,A restingplacefor beasts!Everyonewho passesby her will hiss[And] wavehis hand[in contempt].
"Now the generationto come,your sonswhoriseup afteryou and the foreignerwhocomesfrom a distantland,when they seethe plaguesof the landand the diseaseswith whichthe LORDhas afflictedit, will say,
