"Becauseof violenceto your brotherJacob,You will be covered[with] shame,And you will be cutoffforever.
Jacobansweredhis motherRebekah,"Behold,Esaumy brotheris a hairymanand I am a smoothman.
So Esauborea grudgeagainstJacobbecauseof the blessingwith whichhis fatherhad blessedhim; and Esausaidto himself,"The daysof mourningfor my fatherare near;then I will killmy brotherJacob."
For againthe Edomiteshad comeand attackedJudahand carriedaway captives.
Let my accusersbe clothedwith dishonor,And let them coverthemselves with their own shameas with a robe.
"His enemiesI will clothewith shame,But upon himself his crownshall shine."
Remember,O LORD,against the sonsof EdomThe dayof Jerusalem,Who said,"Razeit, razeit To its very foundation."
Becausefor Your sakeI have bornereproach;Dishonorhas coveredmy face.
You have shortenedthe daysof his youth;You have coveredhim with shame.Selah.
Blessingsare on the headof the righteous,But the mouthof the wickedconcealsviolence.
He who mocksthe poortauntshis Maker;He who rejoicesat calamitywill not gounpunished.
Thussaysthe LORDconcerningallMy wickedneighborswho strikeat the inheritancewith whichI have endowedMy peopleIsrael,"BeholdI am about to uprootthem from their landand will uprootthe houseof Judahfrom amongthem.
"Let us liedownin our shame,and let our humiliationcoverus; for we have sinnedagainst the LORDour God,we and our fathers,from our youtheven to thisday.And we have not obeyedthe voiceof the LORDour God."
"For I have swornby Myself," declaresthe LORD,"that Bozrahwill becomean objectof horror,a reproach,a ruinand a curse;and allits citieswill becomeperpetualruins."
We are ashamedbecausewe have heardreproach;Disgracehas coveredour faces,For alienshave enteredThe holyplacesof the LORD'Shouse.
Rejoiceand be glad,O daughterof Edom,Who dwellsin the landof Uz;[But] the cupwill comearoundto you as well,You will becomedrunkand makeyourself naked.
[The punishment] of your iniquityhas beencompleted,O daughterof Zion;He will exileyou nolonger.[But] He will punishyour iniquity,O daughterof Edom;He will exposeyour sins!
"I will makeyou an everlastingdesolationand your citieswill not be inhabited.Then you will knowthat I am the LORD.
They will girdthemselves with sackclothand shudderingwill overwhelmthem; and shame[will be] on allfacesand baldnesson alltheir heads.
Egyptwill becomea waste,And Edomwill becomea desolatewilderness,Becauseof the violencedone to the sonsof Judah,In whoselandthey have shedinnocentblood.
Thussaysthe LORD,"For threetransgressionsof Edomand for fourI will not revokeits [punishment], Becausehe pursuedhis brotherwith the sword,While he stifledhis compassion;His angeralso torecontinually,And he maintainedhis furyforever.
Then my enemywill see,And shamewill coverher who saidto me, "Whereis the LORDyour God?"My eyeswill lookon her; At that timeshe will be trampleddownLike mireof the streets.
"You shall not detestan Edomite,for he is your brother;you shall not detestan Egyptian,becauseyou were an alienin his land.
"The sonsof the thirdgenerationwhoare bornto them may enterthe assemblyof the LORD.
