10 For I have discovered Esau: I have uncovered his secrets, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is wasted, and his brethren and his neighbors, and there shall be none to say,

11 Leave thy [a]fatherless children, and I will preserve them alive, and let thy widows trust in me.

12 For thus saith the Lord, [b]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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:11 The destruction shall be so great, that there shall be none left to take care over the widows and the fatherless.
  2. Jeremiah 49:12 I have not spared mine own people, and how should I pity thee?

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