Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
The verse belongs to a prophecy pronouncing the doom of the kingdoms surrounding Israel, and specifically to the prophecy concerning Edom. It declares that Bozrah and all its cities, that is Edom, would become a desolation, a reproach, a waste and a curse, ending in perpetual ruin as desolate, disgraced, and permanently ruined. It foretells that Bozrah and its cities would fall before Nebuchadnezzar and become desolate. The Lord's oath by Himself makes this judgment certain. It is an example of God foretelling a city's fate, with Bozrah named among cities whose prophetic destinies show that Scripture speaks to the rise and fall of earthly powers.