Jeremiah 49:20-22

Contemporary English Version

²⁰Listen to my plans for you,
    people of Edom.^[a]
Your children will be dragged off
    and your country destroyed.
²¹The sounds of your destruction
will reach the Red Sea^[b]
    and cause the earth to shake.
²²An enemy will swoop down
    to attack you,
like an eagle spreading its wings
    and circling over Bozrah.
Your warriors will be as fearful
    as women giving birth.^[c]

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Footnotes

49.20 Edom: The Hebrew text also uses the name “Teman” (see the note at 49.7,8).
49.21 Red Sea: Hebrew yam suph, here referring to the Gulf of Aqaba, since the term is extended to include the northeastern arm of the Red Sea (see also the note at Exodus 13.18).
49.22 as fearful … birth: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.