would they not have stolne till they had enough? If the grape gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
6 How are the things of Esau searched out? how are his hid things sought up?
7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee, have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee: they that eat thy bread, have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
8 Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismay∣ed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau, may be cut off by slaugh∣ter.
10 For thy violence a∣gainst thy brother Iacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for∣ever.
11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and forreiners en∣tered into his gates, and cast lots upon Ierusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger, nei∣ther shouldest thou have re∣joyced over the children of Iudah in the day of their destruction: neither shouldst thou have spoken proudly in the day of distresse.
13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity: yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their sub∣stance in the day of their calamity.
14 Neither shouldst thou have stood in the crosse way to cut off those of his that did escape, neither shouldst thou have delivered up those