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#49:1 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads Malkam#49:1 = 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 surrounding villages will be set on fire.
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,#49:3 Or sheep pens
because Milcom will go into exile
together with his priests and officials.#Jr 48:7
4Why do you boast about your valleys,
your flowing valley,#49:4 Or about your strength, your ebbing strength
you faithless daughter —
you who trust in your treasures
and say, “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 Armies —
from all those around you.
You will be banished, each person headlong,
with no one to gather up the fugitives.
6But after that, I will restore the fortunes#49:6 Or will end the captivity, also in v. 39 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; 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 Armies says:
Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?#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 a few grapes?#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,#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
12For 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#49:13 = Edom’s capital will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins forever.”#Jr 25:28–29; Am 1:12
14I have heard an envoy from the Lord;
a messenger has been sent among the nations:
Assemble yourselves to come against her.
Rise up for war!
15I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations,
despised among humanity.
16As to the terror you cause,#49:16 Lit Your horror
your arrogant heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,#49:16 = Petra
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagles,
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 appalled 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 stay in it even temporarily.#Jr 49:33; 50:40; Zph 2:9
19“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets#49:19 Lit pride of the Jordan to the watered grazing land.#Jr 50:44 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 issue me a summons?#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,
like#49:23 Lit in the anxious sea 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 Armies.#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 King Nebuchadnezzar#2Kg 24:11; 25:22; 2Ch 36:6–13 of Babylon defeated, this is what the Lord says:
Rise up, attack 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 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
has drawn up a plan against you;
he has devised a strategy against you.
31Rise up, attack 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 clip the hair on 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 stay in it even temporarily.#Jr 49:18; 50:40
Prophecies against Elam
34This is the word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam#49:34 = modern Iran at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.#Jr 27:12; 28:1; 29:3 35This is what the Lord of Armies says:
I am about to shatter Elam’s bow,#Is 22:6
the source#49:35 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 intend 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.
39Yet, in the last days,
I will restore the fortunes of Elam.#Jr 48:47; 49:6
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Jeremiah 49
49
Prophecy against the Ammonites
1Concerning the Ammonites, the LORD proclaims:
Doesn’t Israel have children?
Aren’t there heirs to his land?
Why then has Milcom taken over Gad?
Why have his people settled in its towns?
2Therefore, the time is coming,
declares the LORD,
when I will sound the battle alarm against Rabbah,
the capital city of the Ammonites.
The city will be demolished,
and its neighboring villages
will be burned to the ground.
Then Israel will repossess
the land seized by its captors,
says the LORD.
3Weep, you people of Heshbon;
Ai has been destroyed.
Wail, you daughters of Rabbah;
put on funeral clothing,
cry your eyes out,
run for shelter.#49.3 Heb uncertain; or run back and forth in the sheepfolds
Milcom will surely go into exile,
together with his priests and ministers.
4Why do you brag about your strength?
Your strength is exhausted,#49.4 Heb uncertain
you rebellious daughter.
You trust in your treasures,
never imagining who would attack you.
5I’m the one who will terrify you from every side,
declares the LORD of heavenly forces.
Every one of you will be scattered about;
no one will gather those who fled.
6Afterward, though, I will bring back
the Ammonites from captivity,
declares the LORD.
Prophecy against Edom
7Concerning Edom, the LORD of heavenly forces proclaims:
Is wisdom no longer in Teman?
Has good sense vanished from the perceptive?
Are they no longer wise?
8Turn, flee, and run for cover,
you inhabitants of Dedan.
I’m bringing disaster on Esau:
its day of reckoning.
9If workers would come to you to pick grapes,
they would at least leave a few on the vine.
If thieves would come in the night,
they would take only what they needed.
10But me? I will strip Esau bare.
I will expose his hiding places,
and he will find no place to take cover.
His offspring, family, and acquaintances will perish,
and there will be no one left to say,#49.10 LXX; MT and there will ( or he will) be no more
11“Leave me your orphans,
and I’ll look after them;
trust your widows into my care.”
12The LORD proclaims: If the innocent must drink the cup, why do you expect to escape punishment? You won’t! You will drink it! 13I myself swear, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become an object of horror and scorn, a wasteland and a curse. And all of its towns will lie in ruins forever.
14I have heard a report from the LORD
that a messenger is sent among the nations:
Join forces and come against her;
prepare for war!
15I’m about to cut you down to size before the nations;
you will be scorned by everyone.
16The terror you have inflicted on others has deceived you,
as has your own pride.
Though you live in a fortress
and occupy the high ground;
though you nest on high like the eagles,
I will bring you down,
declares the LORD.
17Then Edom will become a wasteland.
All who pass by will be shocked by its injuries.
18It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
and their surrounding towns,
says the LORD.
No one will live there;
no human will dwell in it.
19Like a lion coming up
from the jungle of the Jordan
to a well-watered meadow,#49.19 Heb uncertain
so I will suddenly chase down Edom
and single out its choicest of rams.#49.19 Heb uncertain
Who is like me?
Who can direct me?
What shepherd can withstand me?
20Therefore, listen to the counsel
that the LORD has for Edom
and the plans he’s devised
against the people of Teman:
The little ones of the flock
will be dragged off,
as their pasture watches
in utter disbelief.#49.20 Heb uncertain
21The earth quakes
as the Edomites go down;
their screams echo
as far as the Reed Sea.#49.21 Or Red Sea
22Look! One who mounts up and soars like an eagle,
who swoops down and spreads his wings over Bozrah.
On that day, the heart of every soldier from Edom
will be like that of a woman in the throes of labor.
Prophecy against Damascus
23Concerning Damascus:
Hamath and Arpad lose heart
when they hear the bad news.
They are trembling with fear,
like the raging sea,
which can’t become quiet.
24Damascus staggers about;
she tries to flee,
but panic overwhelms her.
She’s gripped by anguish and pain,
like a woman in labor.
25Forsaken#49.25 Vulg; MT Not forsaken is the renowned city,
city of my delight.
26Yes, her young men will fall in the streets,
and her soldiers will be silent on that day,
declares the LORD of heavenly forces.
27I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;
it will burn up the fortresses of Ben-hadad.
Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor
28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar defeated, the LORD proclaims:
Get ready to attack Kedar;
destroy the people from the east!
29Seize#49.29 Or They will seize…they will take off their tents and their flocks,
their belongings and all their goods.
Take off with their camels
and shout as you go:
“Panic Lurks Everywhere!”
30Run away; take cover,
you people of Hazor,
declares the LORD.
Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar
has taken counsel and devised a plan against you.
31Get ready to attack a nation
that feels safe and secure,
declares the LORD,
one without barred gates
that lives by itself.
32Their camels will become plunder;
their many cattle will be pillaged.
I will scatter to the winds those who are clean-shaven,#49.32 Or those who have temples that are shaved
and I will bring disaster on them from every side,
declares the LORD.
33Hazor will become a den for wild dogs,
a wilderness forever.
No one will live there;
no human will dwell in it.
Prophecy against Elam
34This is what the LORD told the prophet Jeremiah concerning Elam at the beginning of the rule of Judah’s King Zedekiah. 35The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims:
I’m going to break the bow of Elam,
the backbone of its military might.
36I will bring against Elam four winds
from the four corners of heaven,
and I will scatter them to the winds.
Those banished from Elam will migrate to every nation.
37I will terrify Elam before their enemies,
before those who seek to kill them.
I will bring disaster upon them,
my fierce anger,
declares the LORD.
I will send the sword to attack them
until I have destroyed them all.
38I will establish my rule in Elam
and dispose of its king and officials,
declares the LORD.
39But in the days to come
I will bring back the captives of Elam,
declares the LORD.
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