Jeremiah 49:13
King James VersionSource notes
“For 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.”
Context
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.
15For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, despised among men.
16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.