“Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.”
Jeremiah 49:8 (BSB)
Context Reading
6Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD. 7Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? 8Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him. 9If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted? 10But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.