Jeremiah 49
49
1Of the children of Ammon. Yahweh says:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then does Malcam possess Gad,
and his people dwell in its cities?
2Therefore behold, the days come,”
says Yahweh,
“that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon,
and it will become a desolate heap,
and her daughters will be burned with fire;
then Israel will possess those who possessed him,”
says Yahweh.
3“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourself in sackcloth.
Lament, and run back and forth among the fences;
for Malcam will go into captivity,
his priests and his princes together.
4Why do you boast in the valleys,
your flowing valley, backsliding daughter?
You trusted in her treasures,
saying, ‘Who will come to me?’
5Behold, I will bring a terror on you,”
says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
“from all who are around you.
All of you will be driven completely out,
and there will be no one to gather together the fugitives.
6“But afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon,”
says Yahweh.
7Of Edom, Yahweh of Armies says:
“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom vanished?
8Flee! Turn back!
Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan;
for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him when I visit him.
9If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
If thieves came by night,
wouldn’t they steal until they had enough?
10But I have made Esau bare,
I have uncovered his secret places,
and he will not be able to hide himself.
His offspring is destroyed,
with his brothers and his neighbors;
and he is no more.
11Leave your fatherless children.
I will preserve them alive.
Let your widows trust in me.”
12For Yahweh says: “Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to drink of the cup will certainly drink; and are you he who will altogether go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished, but you will surely drink. 13For I have sworn by myself,” says Yahweh, “that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be perpetual wastes.”
14I have heard news from Yahweh,
and an ambassador is sent among the nations,
saying, “Gather yourselves together!
Come against her!
Rise up to the battle!”
15“For, behold, I have made you small among the nations,
and despised among men.
16As for your terror,
the pride of your heart has deceived you,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
who hold the height of the hill,
though you should make your nest as high as the eagle,
I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.
17“Edom will become an astonishment.
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished,
and will hiss at all its plagues.
18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh,
“no man will dwell there,
neither will any son of man live therein.
19“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation;
for I will suddenly make them run away from it,
and whoever is chosen,
I will appoint him over it.
For who is like me?
Who will appoint me a time?
Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”
20Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom,
and his purposes that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely they will drag them away,
the little ones of the flock.
Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
21The earth trembles at the noise of their fall;
there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
22Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle,
and spread out his wings against Bozrah.
The heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23Of Damascus:
“Hamath and Arpad are confounded,
for they have heard evil news.
They have melted away.
There is sorrow on the sea.
It can’t be quiet.
24Damascus has grown feeble,
she turns herself to flee,
and trembling has seized her.
Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as of a woman in travail.
25How is the city of praise not forsaken,
the city of my joy?
26Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,
and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,”
says Yahweh of Armies.
27“I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.”
28Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck, Yahweh says:
“Arise, go up to Kedar,
and destroy the children of the east.
29They will take their tents and their flocks.
they will carry away for themselves their curtains,
all their vessels, and their camels;
and they will cry to them, ‘Terror on every side!’
30Flee!
Wander far off!
Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says Yahweh;
“for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you,
and has conceived a purpose against you.
31Arise! Go up to a nation that is at ease,
that dwells without care,” says Yahweh;
“that has neither gates nor bars,
that dwells alone.
32Their camels will be a booty,
and the multitude of their livestock a plunder.
I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off;
and I will bring their calamity from every side of them,”
says Yahweh.
33Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals,
a desolation forever.
No man will dwell there,
neither will any son of man live therein.”
34Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35“Yahweh of Armies says:
‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
the chief of their might.
36I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky,
and will scatter them toward all those winds.
There will be no nation where the outcasts of Elam will not come.
37I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,
and before those who seek their life.
I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger,’ says Yahweh;
‘and I will send the sword after them,
until I have consumed them.
38I will set my throne in Elam,
and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says Yahweh.
39‘But it will happen in the latter days
that I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says Yahweh.”
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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#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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