Lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised art thou exceedingly.
Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth.
For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.
Of the kingdoms it is lowest, And it lifteth not up itself any more above the nations, And I have made them few, So as not to rule among nations.
And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame, Who saith unto me, `Where is Jehovah thy God?' Mine eyes do look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.
And Edom hath been a possession, And Seir hath been a possession, for its enemies, And Israel is doing valiantly;