^{16 Ref} Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart, O dweller in clefts of the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

^{17 Ref} And Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.

^{18 Ref} As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, And its neighbours, said Jehovah, No one doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.