Jeremiah 49
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1 Against the sons of Ammon. Thus says the Lord: "Does Israel have no sons? Or is there no heir for him? Then why has Milcom possessed the inheritance of Gad, and why have his people lived in his cities?
2 Therefore, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will cause the noise of battle to be heard over Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. And it will be scattered into a tumult, and her daughters will be burned with fire. And Israel shall possess those who had possessed him, says the Lord.
3 Wail, O Heshbon! For Ai has been devastated. Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Wrap yourselves with haircloth. Mourn and circle the hedges. For Milcom will be led into the transmigration: his priests and his leaders together.
4 Why have you gloried in the valleys? Your valley has flowed away, O delicate daughter, for you had confidence in your treasures, and you were saying, 'Who can approach me?'
5 Behold, I will lead a terror over you, says the Lord, the God of hosts, from those who are all around you. And you will be dispersed, each one from before your sight. There will be no one who will gather together those who are fleeing.
6 And after this, I will cause the captives of the sons of Ammon to return, says the Lord."
7 Against Idumea. Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Counsel has perished from the sons. Their wisdom has become useless.
8 Flee and turn your backs! Descend into the chasm, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I have brought the perdition of Esau over him, the time of his visitation.
9 If those who gather grapes had passed by you, would they not have left behind a cluster? If there were thieves in the night, they would seize what was enough for themselves.
10 Yet truly, I have stripped Esau bare. I have revealed his secrets, and he is not able to be concealed. His offspring has been devastated, with his brothers and his neighbors, and he himself will not exist.
11 Leave behind your orphans. I will make sure that they live. And your widows will hope in me."
12 For thus says the Lord: "Behold, those who judged that they would not drink the cup, will certainly drink. And so, will you be released as if you were innocent? You will not be released as if innocent. Instead, you shall certainly drink.
13 For I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will be a desolation, and a disgrace, and a wasteland, and a curse. And all her cities will be a perpetual wilderness.
14 I have heard a report from the Lord, and an legate has been sent to the nations: 'Gather yourselves together, and go forth against her, and let us rise up to battle.'
15 For behold, I have made you little among the nations, contemptible among men.
16 Your arrogance has deceived you, by the pride of your heart, you who live in the caverns of the rock and who strive to take hold of the height of the hill. But even if you make your nest like that of an eagle, I will pull you down from there, says the Lord.
17 And Idumea will be a desert. Everyone who passes by it will be stupefied and will hiss over all its wounds.
18 Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors were overthrown, says the Lord: there will not be a man living there, and no son of man will tend it.
19 Behold, he will ascend like a lion from the arrogance of the Jordan, against the robust beauty. For I will cause him to rush against her suddenly. And who will be the elect one, whom I may appoint over her? For who is like me? And who can endure me? And who is that pastor who can withstand my countenance?
20 Because of this, listen to the counsel of the Lord, which he has undertaken concerning Edom, and to his thoughts, which he has devised concerning the inhabitants of Teman. Certainly, the little ones of the flock will cast them down, unless they scatter them with their habitation.
21 The earth has been shaken at the noise of their destruction. The outcry of their voice has been heard at the Red Sea.
22 Behold, he will ascend like an eagle and will fly. And he will spread his wings over Bozrah. And in that day, the heart of the strong ones of Idumea will be like the heart of a woman giving birth."
23 Against Damascus. "Hamath has been confounded, with Arpad. For they have heard a most grievous report. They have been stirred up like the sea. Because of anxiousness, they were not able to rest.
24 Damascus has been broken. She has been turned to flight. Trembling has taken hold of her. Anguish and sorrows have seized her, like a woman giving birth.
25 How could they have abandoned the praiseworthy city, the city of rejoicing?
26 For this reason, her young men will fall in her streets. And all the men of battle will be silenced in that day, says the Lord of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the defensive walls of Ben-hadad."
28 Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has struck down. Thus says the Lord: "Rise up and ascend to Kedar, and lay waste to the sons of the East.
29 They will seize their tabernacles and their flocks. And they will take for themselves their tents, and all their vessels, and their camels. And they will call down a terror upon them on every side.
30 Flee, go away urgently! Sit in deep pits, you who inhabit Hazor, says the Lord. For Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has undertaken a counsel against you, and he has devised plans against you.
31 Rise up, and ascend to a nation that is quiet and lives in confidence, says the Lord. They have neither gates nor bars. They dwell alone.
32 And their camels will be a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle will be a prey. And I will disperse, into every wind, those who have shaved their hair. And from all their confines, I will lead great destruction over them, says the Lord.
33 And Hazor will be a habitation for serpents, deserted even unto eternity. No man will abide there, nor will a son of man tend it."
34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saying:
35 "Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, and the summit of their strength.
36 And I will lead the four winds over Elam, from the four corners of heaven. And I will scatter them into all these winds. And there will be no nation to which the fugitives of Elam will not travel.
37 And I will cause Elam to be terrified before their enemies and in the sight of those who seek their life. And I will lead an evil over them, the wrath of my fury, says the Lord. And I will send the sword after them, until I consume them.
38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and I will perish the kings and princes from there, says the Lord.
39 But in the last days, I will cause the captives of Elam to return, says the Lord."
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Jeremiah 49
49
Judgment on Ammon
1Against the #Deut. 23:3, 4; 2 Chr. 20:1; Jer. 25:21; Ezek. 21:28–32; 25:1–7Ammonites.
Thus says the Lord:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then does Milcom inherit #Amos 1:13–15; Zeph. 2:8–11Gad,
And his people dwell in its cities?
2#Amos 1:13–15Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war
In #Ezek. 25:5Rabbah of the Ammonites;
It shall be a desolate mound,
And her villages shall be burned with fire.
Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance,” says the Lord.
3“Wail, O #Jer. 48:2Heshbon, for Ai is plundered!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah,
#Is. 32:11; Jer. 48:37Gird yourselves with sackcloth!
Lament and run to and fro by the walls;
For Milcom shall go into captivity
With his #Jer. 48:7priests and his princes together.
4Why #Jer. 9:23do you boast in the valleys,
Your flowing valley, O #Jer. 3:14backsliding daughter?
Who trusted in her #Jer. 48:7treasures, #Jer. 21:13saying,
‘Who will come against me?’
5Behold, I will bring fear upon you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts,
“From all those who are around you;
You shall be driven out, everyone headlong,
And no one will gather those who wander off.
6But #Jer. 48:47afterward I will bring back
The captives of the people of Ammon,” says the Lord.
Judgment on Edom
7#Gen. 25:30; 32:3; Is. 34:5, 6; Jer. 25:21; Ezek. 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11, 12; Obad. 1–9, 15, 16Against Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
#Gen. 36:11; Job 2:11“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
#Is. 19:11Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom #Jer. 8:9vanished?
8Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of #Is. 21:13; Jer. 25:23Dedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
The time that I will punish him.
9#Obad. 5, 6If grape-gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
If thieves by night,
Would they not destroy until they have enough?
10#Obad. 5, 6; Mal. 1:3But I have made Esau bare;
I have uncovered his secret places,
And he shall not be able to hide himself.
His descendants are plundered,
His brethren and his neighbors,
And #Is. 17:14he is no more.
11Leave your fatherless children,
I will preserve them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”
12For thus says the Lord: “Behold, #Jer. 25:29; Obad. 16those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one who will altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it. 13For #Gen. 22:16; Is. 45:23; Jer. 44:26; Amos 6:8I have sworn by Myself,” says the Lord, “that #Gen. 36:33; 1 Chr. 1:44; Is. 34:6; 63:1; Amos 1:12Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.”
14#Obad. 1–4I have heard a message from the Lord,
And an ambassador has been sent to the nations:
“Gather together, come against her,
And rise up to battle!
15“For indeed, I will make you small among nations,
Despised among men.
16Your fierceness has deceived you,
The #Jer. 48:29pride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Who hold the height of the hill!
#Obad. 3, 4Though you make your #Job 39:27; Is. 14:13–15nest as high as the eagle,
#Amos 9:2I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
17“Edom also shall be an astonishment;
#Jer. 18:16; 49:13; 50:13; Ezek. 35:7Everyone who goes by it will be astonished
And will hiss at all its plagues.
18#Gen. 19:24, 25; Deut. 29:23; Jer. 50:40; Amos 4:11; Zeph. 2:9As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“No one shall remain there,
Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.
19“Behold,#Jer. 50:44 he shall come up like a lion from #Josh. 3:15; Jer. 12:5the floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will suddenly make him run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For #Ex. 15:11; Is. 46:9who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And #Job 41:10who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”
20#Is. 14:24, 27; Jer. 50:45Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Edom,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them.
21#Jer. 50:46; Ezek. 26:15, 18The earth shakes at the noise of their fall;
At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea.
22Behold, #Jer. 48:40, 41He shall come up and fly like the eagle,
And spread His wings over Bozrah;
The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
Judgment on Damascus
23#Is. 17:1–3; Amos 1:3, 5; Zech. 9:1, 2Against Damascus.
#Jer. 39:5; Zech. 9:2“Hamath and Arpad are shamed,
For they have heard bad news.
They are fainthearted;
#(Is. 57:20)There is trouble on the sea;
It cannot be quiet.
24Damascus has grown feeble;
She turns to flee,
And fear has seized her.
#Is. 13:8; Jer. 4:31; 6:24; 48:21Anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor.
25Why is #Jer. 33:9the city of praise not deserted, the city of My joy?
26#Jer. 50:30; Amos 4:10Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets,
And all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord of hosts.
27“I#Amos 1:4 will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.”
Judgment on Kedar and Hazor
28#Gen. 25:13; Ps. 120:5; Is. 21:16, 17; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:21Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall strike.
Thus says the Lord:
“Arise, go up to Kedar,
And devastate #Judg. 6:3; Job 1:3the men of the East!
29Their #Ps. 120:5tents and their flocks they shall take away.
They shall take for themselves their curtains,
All their vessels and their camels;
And they shall cry out to them,
#Jer. 46:5‘Fear is on every side!’
30“Flee, get far away! Dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor!” says the Lord.
“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you,
And has conceived a plan against you.
31“Arise, go up to #Ezek. 38:11the wealthy nation that dwells securely,” says the Lord,
“Which has neither gates nor bars,
#Num. 23:9; Deut. 33:28; Mic. 7:16Dwelling alone.
32Their camels shall be for booty,
And the multitude of their cattle for plunder.
I will #Ezek. 5:10scatter to all winds those in the farthest corners,
And I will bring their calamity from all its sides,” says the Lord.
33“Hazor #Jer. 9:11; 10:22; Zeph. 2:9, 12–15; Mal. 1:3shall be a dwelling for jackals, a desolation forever;
No one shall reside there,
Nor son of man dwell in it.”
Judgment on Elam
34The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against #Gen. 10:22; Jer. 25:25; Ezek. 32:24; Dan. 8:2Elam, in the #2 Kin. 24:17, 18; Jer. 28:1beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35“Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Behold, I will break #Ps. 46:9; Is. 22:6the bow of Elam,
The foremost of their might.
36Against Elam I will bring the four winds
From the four quarters of heaven,
And scatter them toward all those winds;
There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go.
37For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies
And before those who seek their life.
#Jer. 9:16I will bring disaster upon them,
My fierce anger,’ says the Lord;
‘And I will send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
38I will #Jer. 43:10set My throne in Elam,
And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the Lord.
39‘But it shall come to pass #Jer. 48:47in the latter days:
I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.”
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