13 For I have (A)sworn by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that (B)Bozrah will become an (C)object of horror, a disgrace, a wasteland, and a curse; and all its cities will become permanent ruins.”

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13 I swear(A) by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah(B) will become a ruin and a curse,[a] an object of horror(C) and reproach;(D) and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.

17 “Edom will become an (A)object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will [a](B)hiss at all its wounds. 18 Like the (C)overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “(D)no one will live there, nor will [b]anyone of mankind reside in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:17 Or whistle
  2. Jeremiah 49:18 Lit a son of man

17 “Edom will become an object of horror;(A)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.(B)
18 As Sodom(C) and Gomorrah(D) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell(E) in it.

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I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will eliminate from it one who passes through and returns.

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I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste(A) and cut off from it all who come and go.(B)

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