12 For thus saith the Lord, [a]Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup, have assuredly drunken, and art thou he that shall escape free? thou shalt not go free, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that [b]Bozrah shall be waste, and for a reproach, and a desolation, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual desolations.

14 I have heard a rumor from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather you together, and come against [c]her, and rise up to the battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:12 I have not spared mine own people, and how should I pity thee?
  2. Jeremiah 49:13 Which was a chief city of Edom.
  3. Jeremiah 49:14 That is, Bozrah.

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