Their speech is wicked and full of lies; they no longer do what is wise and good.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth, and I will feed you.

"But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not obey me.

The LORD says, "The people of Edom have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They hunted down their relatives, the Israelites, and showed them no mercy. Their anger had no limits, and they never let it die.

and so become guilty of breaking their earlier promise to him.

"I will make those of you who are in exile so terrified that the sound of a leaf blowing in the wind will make you run. You will run as if you were being pursued in battle, and you will fall when there is no enemy near you.

"The LORD will give your enemies victory over you. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run from them in all directions, and all the people on earth will be terrified when they see what happens to you.

Hunt them down and wipe them off the earth!"

Swifter than eagles swooping from the sky, they chased us down. They tracked us down in the hills; they took us by surprise in the desert.