Jeremiah 49
49
A Message to Ammon
1This message is to the Ammonite people.
This is what the Lord says:
“Do you think that Israel has no children?
Do you think there is no one to take the land when the parents die?
If that were true, why did Molech take Gad’s land
and why did Molech’s people settle in Gad’s towns?”
2The Lord says,
“The time will come when I will make Rabbah,
the capital city of the Ammonites, hear the battle cry.
It will become a hill covered with ruins,
and the towns around it will be burned.
Those people forced Israel out of that land,
but now Israel will force them out!” says the Lord.
3“People in the town of Heshbon, cry sadly because the town of Ai is destroyed!
Those who live in Rabbah, cry out!
Put on your rough cloth to show your sadness, and cry loudly.
Run here and there for safety inside the walls,
because Molech will be taken captive
and his priests and officers with him.
4You brag about your valleys
and about the fruit in your valleys.
You are like an unfaithful child
who believes his treasures will save him.
You think, ‘Who would attack me?’
5I will soon bring terror on you
from everyone around you,”
says the Lord God All-Powerful.
“You will all be forced to run away,
and no one will be able to gather you.
6“But the time will come
when I will make good things happen to the Ammonites again,”
says the Lord.
A Message to Edom
7This message is to Edom. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says:
“Is there no more wisdom in the town of Teman?
Can the wise men of Edom no longer give good advice?
Have they lost their wisdom?
8You people living in the town of Dedan,
run away and hide in deep caves,
because I will bring disaster on the people of Esau.
It is time for me to punish them.
9If workers came and picked the grapes from your vines,
they would leave a few grapes behind.
If robbers came at night,
they would steal only enough for themselves.
10But I will strip Edom bare.
I will find all their hiding places,
so they will not be able to hide from me.
The children, relatives, and neighbors will die,
and Edom will be no more.
11Leave the orphans, and I will take care of them.
Your widows also can trust in me.”
12This is what the Lord says: “Some people did not deserve to be punished, but they had to drink from the cup of suffering anyway. People of Edom, you deserve to be punished, so you will not escape punishment. You must certainly drink from the cup of suffering.” 13The Lord says, “I swear by my own name that the city of Bozrah will become a pile of ruins! People will be shocked by what happened there. They will insult that city and speak evil of it. And all the towns around it will become ruins forever.”
14I have heard a message from the Lord.
A messenger has been sent among the nations, saying,
“Gather your armies to attack it!
Get ready for battle!”
15“Soon I will make you the smallest of nations,
and you will be greatly hated by everyone.
16Edom, you frightened other nations,
but your pride has fooled you.
You live in the hollow places of the cliff
and control the high places of the hills.
Even if you build your home as high as an eagle’s nest,
I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
17“Edom will be destroyed.
People who pass by will be shocked to see the destroyed cities,
and they will be amazed at all her injuries.
18Edom will be destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
and the towns around them,” says the Lord.
“No one will live there!
No one will stay in Edom.”
19“Like a lion coming up from the thick bushes near the Jordan River
to attack a strong pen for sheep,
I will suddenly chase Edom from its land.
Who is the one I have chosen to do this?
There is no one like me,
no one who can take me to court.
None of their leaders can stand up against me.”
20So listen to what the Lord has planned to do against Edom.
Listen to what he has decided to do to the people in the town of Teman.
He will surely drag away the young ones of Edom.
Their hometowns will surely be shocked at what happens to them.
21At the sound of Edom’s fall, the earth will shake.
Their cry will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.
22The Lord is like an eagle swooping down
and spreading its wings over the city of Bozrah.
At that time Edom’s soldiers will become very frightened,
like a woman having a baby.
A Message to Damascus
23This message is to the city of Damascus:
“The towns of Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,
because they have heard bad news.
They are discouraged.
They are troubled like the tossing sea.
24The city of Damascus has become weak.
The people want to run away;
they are ready to panic.
The people feel pain and suffering,
like a woman giving birth to a baby.
25Damascus was a city of my joy.
Why have the people not left that famous city yet?
26Surely the young men will die in the city squares,
and all her soldiers will be killed at that time,” says the Lord All-Powerful.
27“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus,
and it will completely burn the strong cities of King Ben-Hadad.”
A Message to Kedar and Hazor
28This message is to the tribe of Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. This is what the Lord says:
“Go and attack the people of Kedar,
and destroy the people of the East.
29Their tents and flocks will be taken away.
Their belongings will be carried off—
their tents, all their goods, and their camels.
Men will shout to them,
‘Terror on every side!’
30“Run away quickly!
People in Hazor, find a good place to hide!” says the Lord.
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has made plans against you
and wants to defeat you.
31“Get up! Attack the nation that is comfortable,
that is sure no one will defeat it,” says the Lord.
“It does not have gates or fences to protect it.
Its people live alone.
32The enemy will steal their camels
and their large herds of cattle as war prizes.
I will scatter the people who cut their hair short to every part of the earth,
and I will bring disaster on them from everywhere,” says the Lord.
33“The city of Hazor will become a home for wild dogs;
it will be an empty desert forever.
No one will live there,
and no one will stay in it.”
A Message to Elam
34Soon after Zedekiah became king of Judah, the Lord spoke this word to Jeremiah the prophet. This message is to the nation of Elam.
35This is what the Lord All-Powerful says:
“I will soon break Elam’s bow,
its greatest strength.
36I will bring the four winds against Elam
from the four corners of the skies.
I will scatter its people everywhere the four winds blow;
its captives will go to every nation.
37I will terrify Elam in front of their enemies,
who want to destroy them.
I will bring disaster to Elam
and show them how angry I am!” says the Lord.
“I will send a sword to chase Elam
until I have killed them all.
38I will set up my throne in Elam to show that I am king,
and I will destroy its king and its officers!” says the Lord.
39“But I will make good things happen to Elam again
in the future,” says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 49
49
Prophecies against Ammon
1About the Ammonites, # Gn 19:38; Dt 2:19; 23:3; Jdg 10:6-7; 1Sm 11:11; 12:12; 1Kg 11:5-7,33; 2Kg 24:2; Neh 2:10; Is 11:14; Jr 40:14; Ezk 21:28-32; 25:2-10; Am 1:13-15; Zph 2:8-9 this is what the Lord says:
Does Israel have no sons?
Is he without an heir?
Why then has Milcom # LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads Malkam # = Molech dispossessed Gad # 1Kg 11:5,7,33; Zph 1:5
and his people settled in their cities?
2Therefore look, the days are coming # Jr 7:32; 16:14; 19:6; 23:7; 48:12; 51:47,52 —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
when I will make the shout of battle # Jr 4:19 heard
against Rabbah # Dt 3:11; 2Sm 11:1; 12:26-29; Ezk 25:5; Am 1:14 of the Ammonites.
It will become a desolate mound,
and its villages will be burned down.
Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,
says the Lord.
3Wail, Heshbon, # Nm 21:21-25,34; Dt 2:24,30; Jos 12:2; Jdg 11:26; Jr 48:2 for Ai is devastated;
cry out, daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth, # Jr 48:37 and lament;
run back and forth within your walls, # Or sheep pens
because Milcom will go into exile
together with his priests and officials. # Jr 48:7
4Why do you brag about your valleys,
your flowing valley, # Or about your strength, your ebbing strength
you faithless daughter?
You who trust in your treasures
and boast, “Who can attack me? ”
5Look, I am about to bring terror on you # Jr 48:43-44 —
this is the declaration of
the Lord God of Hosts —
from all those around you.
You will be banished, each man headlong,
with no one to gather up the fugitives.
6But after that, I will restore the fortunes # Or will end the captivity of the Ammonites. # Jr 48:47; 49:39
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Prophecies against Edom
7About Edom, # Gn 25:30; 32:3; 36:1; Nm 20:18-21; Nm 24:18; Jdg 11:17-18; 2Sm 8:14; 2Kg 8:20-22; Ps 60:8; Is 34:5-8 this is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? # = a region or city in Edom # Gn 36:15; Ezk 25:13; Am 1:12
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom rotted away? # Ob 8-9
8Run! Turn back! Lie low,
residents of Dedan, # Gn 25:1-3; Ezk 25:13
for I will bring Esau’s calamity on him # Gn 25:25,30; 36:1; Ob 8,18
at the time I punish him. # Jr 6:15; 8:12; Ob 8-13
9If grape harvesters came to you,
wouldn’t they leave some gleanings? # Dt 24:21
Were thieves to come in the night,
they would destroy only what they wanted. # Ob 5
10But I will strip Esau bare;
I will uncover his secret places. # Jr 23:24; Ob 6
He will try to hide himself, # Ob 3 but he will be unable.
His descendants will be destroyed
along with his relatives and neighbors.
He will exist no longer. # Mal 1:3-4
11Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them;
let your widows trust in Me. # Dt 10:18; Ps 68:5; Pr 15:25; Jms 1:27
12“For this is what the Lord says: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink it too. 13For by Myself I have sworn” # Gn 22:16; 1Sm 3:14; Ps 89:3,35; Is 45:23; 54:9; Jr 22:5; 44:26 — this is the Lord’s declaration — “Bozrah # = Edom’s capital will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will become ruins forever.” # Jr 25:28-29; Am 1:12
14I have heard a message from the Lord;
a messenger has been sent among the nations:
Assemble yourselves to come against her.
Rise up for war!
15Look, I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations,
despised among humanity.
16As to the terror you cause, # Lit Your horror
your presumptuous heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock, # = Petra
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagle,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration. # Ob 1-4
17“Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be horrified and scoff because of all her wounds. # Dt 28:37; 2Ch 29:8; 30:7; Jr 5:30; 18:16; 19:8; 25:9,18; 29:18; 42:18; 44:12,22; 50:13; Mc 6:16; Zph 2:15 18As when Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” # Gn 19:24-25 says the Lord, “no one will live there; no human being will even stay in it as a temporary resident. # Jr 49:33; 50:40; Zph 2:9
19“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets # Lit pride of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. # Jr 50:44 Indeed, I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like Me? # Mc 7:18 Who will summon Me? # Jb 9:19; Jr 12:5; 50:44; Zch 11:3 Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me? ” # 2Ch 20:6; Jb 41:10
20Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: # Is 14:26; 19:12,17; 23:8; Jr 18:11; 49:30; 50:45; 51:12; Mc 2:3 The flock’s little lambs will certainly be dragged away, # Jr 15:3; 22:19 and their grazing land will be made desolate because of them. # Jr 9:10; 23:10; 25:30-38 21At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; # Is 29:6; 64:1; Ezk 26:15; 31:16; 38:19; Mt 28:2; Rv 8:5 the sound of her cry will be heard at the Red Sea. # Jr 50:40,44-46 22Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upward, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions. # Jr 48:40-41
Prophecies against Damascus
23About Damascus: # Is 17:1; Am 1:3
Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, # 2Kg 18:34
for they have heard a bad report and are agitated;
in the sea there is anxiety that cannot be calmed.
24Damascus has become weak;
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor. # Is 13:8; 42:14; Jr 4:31; 6:24; 22:23; 30:6; 50:43; Mc 4:9-10
25How can the city of praise not be abandoned, # Jr 33:9
the town that brings Me joy?
26Therefore, her young men will fall in her public squares;
all the warriors will perish in that day.
This is the declaration of
the Lord of Hosts. # Jr 50:30
27I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;
it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels. # Am 1:4
Prophecies against Kedar and Hazor
28About Kedar # Gn 25:13; Ps 120:5; Is 21:16-17; 60:7; Jr 2:10; Ezk 27:21 and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, # 2Kg 24:11; 25:22; 2Ch 36:6-13 Babylon’s king, defeated, this is what the Lord says:
Rise up, go against Kedar,
and destroy the people of the east!
29They will take their tents and their flocks
along with their tent curtains and all their equipment.
They will take their camels for themselves.
They will call out to them:
Terror is on every side! # Ps 31:13; Jr 6:25; 20:3-4,10
30Run! Escape quickly! Lie low,
residents of Hazor —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has drawn up a plan against you;
he has devised a strategy against you.
31Rise up, go up against a nation at ease,
one living in security.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They have no doors, not even a gate bar;
they live alone. # Jdg 18:7-10; Ps 73:12; Is 47:8; Ezk 38:10-11; Zph 2:15; Zch 7:7
32Their camels will become plunder,
and their massive herds of cattle will become spoil. # Is 10:6; Ezk 25:7; Nah 2:9
I will scatter them to the wind in every direction,
those who shave their temples;
I will bring calamity on them across all their borders.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
33Hazor will become a jackals’ den, # Jr 9:11; 10:22; 51:37
a desolation forever.
No one will live there;
no human being will even stay in it as a temporary resident. # Jr 49:18; 50:40
Prophecies against Elam
34This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam # = modern Iran at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. # Jr 27:12; 28:1; 29:3 35This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
I am about to shatter Elam’s bow, # Is 22:6
the source # Lit first of their might.
36I will bring the four winds against Elam
from the four corners of the heavens,
and I will scatter them to all these winds.
There will not be a nation
to which Elam’s banished ones will not go.
37I will devastate Elam before their enemies,
before those who want to take their lives.
I will bring disaster on them,
My burning anger.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will send the sword after them # Jr 9:16
until I finish them off.
38I will set My throne in Elam,
and I will destroy the king and officials from there.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
39In the last days,
I will restore the fortunes # Or will end the captivity of Elam. # Jr 48:47; 49:6
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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