7  My people are bent ^lon turning away from me,

and though ^mthey call out to the Most High,

he shall not raise them up at all.

8  How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

How can I hand you over, O Israel?

ⁿHow can I make you ^olike Admah?

How can I treat you ^olike Zeboiim?

^pMy heart recoils within me;

my compassion grows warm and tender.

9  I will not execute my burning anger;

I will not again destroy Ephraim;

^qfor I am God and not a man,

^rthe Holy One in your midst,

and I will not come in wrath.¹

10  ^sThey shall go after the Lord;

^the will roar like a lion;

when he roars,

his children shall come trembling ^ufrom the west;

11  they shall come trembling like birds ^vfrom Egypt,

and ^wlike doves ^xfrom the land of Assyria,

and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.

12  ² Ephraim ^yhas surrounded me with lies,

and the house of Israel with deceit,

but Judah still walks with God

and is faithful to the Holy One.

1  Ephraim feeds on the wind

and pursues ^zthe east wind all day long;

they multiply ^yfalsehood and violence;

^athey make a covenant with Assyria,

and ^boil is carried to Egypt.

2  ^cThe Lord has an indictment against Judah

and will punish Jacob according to his ways;

he will repay him according to his deeds.

3  ^dIn the womb he took his brother by the heel,

and in his manhood he strove with God.

4  He strove with the angel and prevailed;

he wept and sought his favor.

^eHe met God³ at Bethel,

and there God spoke with us—

5  the Lord, the God of hosts,

^fthe Lord is his memorial name:

6  “So you, ^gby the help of your God, return,

^hhold fast to love and justice,

and wait continually for your God.”

7  A merchant, in whose hands are ⁱfalse balances,

he loves ^jto oppress.

8  Ephraim has said, “Ah, but ^kI am rich;

I have found wealth for myself;

in all my labors ^lthey cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”

9  ^mI am the Lord your God

from the land of Egypt;

I will again make you ⁿdwell in tents,

as in the days of the appointed feast.

10  ^oI spoke to the prophets;

it was I who multiplied ^pvisions,

and through the prophets gave parables.

11  ^qIf there is iniquity in Gilead,

they shall surely come to nothing:

^rin Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;

^stheir altars also are like stone heaps

^ton the furrows of the field.

12  ^uJacob fled to the land of Aram;

there Israel ^vserved for a wife,

and for a wife he guarded sheep.

Thus says the Lord God ^aconcerning Edom:

^bWe have heard a report from the Lord,

and a messenger has been sent among the nations:

“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”

2  Behold, I will make you small among the nations;

you shall be utterly despised.¹

3  ^cThe pride of your heart has deceived you,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,²

in your lofty dwelling,

^dwho say in your heart,

“Who will bring me down to the ground?”

4  Though you soar aloft like the eagle,

though your nest is set among the stars,

from there I will bring you down,

declares the Lord.

5  If ^ethieves came to you,

if plunderers came by night—

how you have been destroyed!—

would they not steal only enough for themselves?

If ^egrape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave gleanings?

6  ^fHow Esau has been pillaged,

his treasures sought out!

7  All your allies have driven you to your border;

those at peace with you have deceived you;

they have prevailed against you;

^gthose who eat your bread³ have set a trap beneath you—

^hyou have⁴ no understanding.

8  ⁱWill I not on that day, declares the Lord,

destroy the wise men out of Edom,

and understanding out of ^jMount Esau?

9  And your mighty men shall be dismayed, ^kO Teman,

so that every man from ^jMount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

10  ^lBecause of the violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

^mand you shall be cut off forever.

11  ⁿOn the day that you stood aloof,

^oon the day that strangers carried off his wealth

and foreigners entered his gates

^pand cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were like one of them.

12  ^qBut do not gloat over the day of your brother

in the day of his misfortune;

^rdo not rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their ruin;

^sdo not boast⁵

in the day of distress.

13  ^tDo not enter the gate of my people

in the day of their calamity;

^tdo not gloat over his disaster

in the day of his calamity;

^udo not loot his wealth

in the day of his calamity.

14  ^vDo not stand at the crossroads

to cut off his fugitives;

do not hand over his survivors

in the day of distress.

15  For ^wthe day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.

^xAs you have done, it shall be done to you;

your deeds shall return on your own head.

16  ^yFor as you have drunk on ^zmy holy mountain,

so all the nations shall drink continually;

they shall drink and swallow,

and shall be as though they had never been.

17  ^aBut in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,

and it shall be holy,

^band the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.

18  ^cThe house of Jacob shall be a fire,

and the house of Joseph a flame,

and the house of Esau ^dstubble;

they shall burn them and consume them,

^eand there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,

for the Lord has spoken.

19  Those of ^fthe Negeb ^bshall possess ^gMount Esau,

and those of the Shephelah shall possess ^hthe land of the Philistines;

they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of ⁱSamaria,

and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

20  The exiles of this host of the people of Israel

shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as ^jZarephath,

and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad

shall possess the cities of the Negeb.

21  ^kSaviors shall go up to Mount Zion

to rule ^gMount Esau,

and ^lthe kingdom shall be the Lord’s.