Jeremiah 49:11
King James VersionSource notes
“Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve alive; and let thy widows trust in me.”
Context
8Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time I will visit him.
9If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
10But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
12For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and thou he shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink
13For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
14I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.