Jeremiah 49:19-21

Contemporary English Version

¹⁹^(A) I, the Lord, will attack you
    like a lion from the forest,
attacking sheep in a meadow
    along the Jordan.
In a moment the flock runs,
    and the land is empty.
Who will I choose to attack you?
    I will do it myself!
No one can force me to fight
    or chase me away.
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.

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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).