Jeremiah 49
49
Judgment on Ammon
1 # ch. 25:21; [Ezek. 21:28; 25:2] Concerning the Ammonites.
Thus says the Lord:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has #[1 Kgs. 11:5, 33; 2 Kgs. 23:13] Milcom#49:1 Or their king; also verse 3 #[Amos 1:13]dispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its cities?
2Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will cause #ch. 4:19 the battle cry to be heard
against #Ezek. 21:20; 25:5; Amos 1:14 Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate #ch. 30:18mound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the Lord.
3“Wail, O #ch. 48:2 Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters of #[See ver. 2 above] Rabbah!
# ch. 48:37; See ch. 4:8 Put on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For #[1 Kgs. 11:5, 33; 2 Kgs. 23:13] Milcom shall go into exile,
# ch. 48:7 with his priests and his officials.
4Why do you boast of your valleys,#49:4 Hebrew boast of your valleys, your valley flows
# ch. 3:14 O faithless daughter,
# ch. 48:7 who trusted in her treasures, saying,
‘Who will come against me?’
5Behold, #[ch. 48:43]I will bring terror upon you,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
from all who are around you,
and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him,
with none to gather the fugitives.
6“But #[ver. 39; ch. 48:47]afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord.”
Judgment on Edom
7Concerning #ch. 25:21; Isa. 34:5; Amos 1:11; Obad. 1; [Mal. 1:2]; See Ezek. 25:12-14 Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
# ver. 20; Obad. 9 “Is wisdom no more in #ver. 20; Obad. 9 Teman?
# [Isa. 19:11, 12] Has counsel perished from the prudent?
# [Isa. 19:11, 12] Has their wisdom vanished?
8 # ver. 30 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of #ch. 25:23; Gen. 25:3 Dedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
# ch. 50:27, 31; [ch. 46:21; 50:27] the time when I punish him.
9 #
Obad. 5, 6 If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave #[Judg. 8:2]gleanings?
#
Obad. 5, 6 If thieves came by night,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
10 #
Mal. 1:3 But I have stripped Esau bare;
# [See ver. 9 above] I have uncovered his hiding places,
and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
and his neighbors; and #ch. 31:15; Isa. 17:14he is no more.
11 # [Ps. 10:14, 18; 68:5] Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;
# [Ps. 10:14, 18; 68:5] and let your widows trust in me.”
12For thus says the Lord: #ch. 25:28; [Obad. 16] “If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, #ch. 25:29will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. 13#See ch. 22:5 For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that #ver. 22; See ch. 48:24 Bozrah shall become #See ch. 24:9a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”
14 # See Obad. 1-4 I have heard a message from the Lord,
and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
# [Isa. 13:4] “Gather yourselves together and come against her,
and rise up for battle!
15For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among mankind.
16The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,#49:16 Or of Sela
who hold the height of the hill.
Though you #[ch. 48:28]make your nest as high as the eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.
17 #
Ezek. 35:3, 7, 9 “Edom shall become a horror. #[ch. 50:13]Everyone who passes by it will be horrified #[ch. 50:13]and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18#See Isa. 13:19 As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their #[Deut. 29:23] neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, #ver. 33no man shall dwell there, #ver. 33no man shall sojourn in her. 19#For ver. 19-21, see ch. 50:44-46 Behold, #See ch. 4:7 like a lion coming up from #See ch. 12:5 the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him#49:19 Septuagint, Syriac them run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. #See ch. 10:6 For who is like me? #Job 9:19 Who will summon me? #[ch. 30:21]What shepherd can stand before me? 20Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against #Ezek. 35:3, 7, 9 Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of #See ver. 7 Teman: #ch. 50:45Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21At the sound of their fall #ch. 8:16; 50:46; [Ezek. 26:15]the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. 22Behold, #See ch. 48:40 one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against #ver. 13 Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart #ver. 24; See ch. 6:24of a woman in her birth pains.”
Judgment on Damascus
23Concerning #Isa. 17:1; Amos 1:3 Damascus:
#
1 Kgs. 8:65; Zech. 9:2 “Hamath and #2 Kgs. 18:34 Arpad are confounded,
for they have heard bad news;
they melt in fear,
#
Zech. 9:4
they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
24 # [See ver. 23 above] Damascus has become feeble, #[ch. 46:5] she turned to flee,
and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as #[See ver. 22 above]of a woman in labor.
25How is #[ch. 33:9]the famous city not forsaken,
the city of my joy?
26 # ch. 50:30 Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,
and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,
declares the Lord of hosts.
27And #See ch. 17:27 I will kindle a fire in the wall of #[See ver. 23 above] Damascus,
and it shall devour the strongholds of #1 Kgs. 15:18; 20:1; 2 Kgs. 6:24; 8:7; 13:3Ben-hadad.”
Judgment on Kedar and Hazor
28Concerning #Isa. 21:16; 60:7 Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down.
Thus says the Lord:
# ver. 14, 31 “Rise up, advance against #Isa. 21:16; 60:7 Kedar!
Destroy #Isa. 11:14; Ezek. 25:4, 10; See Judg. 6:3the people of the east!
29 #
Ps. 120:5; Song 1:5 Their tents and their flocks shall be taken,
their #Ps. 120:5; Song 1:5 curtains and all their goods;
their camels shall be led away from them,
and men shall cry to them: #See ch. 6:25‘Terror on every side!’
30 # ver. 8 Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor!
declares the Lord.
For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has made a plan against you
and formed a purpose against you.
31 # [See ver. 28 above] “Rise up, advance against a nation #Job 16:12 at ease,
#
Ezek. 38:8, 11 that dwells securely,
declares the Lord,
#
Ezek. 38:8, 11 that has no gates or bars,
that dwells alone.
32 # [Ezek. 38:12] Their camels shall become plunder,
their herds of livestock a spoil.
# ver. 36 I will scatter to every wind
# See ch. 9:26 those who cut the corners of their hair,
and I will bring their calamity
from every side of them,
declares the Lord.
33Hazor shall become #See ch. 9:11 a haunt of jackals,
an everlasting waste;
# ver. 18 no man shall dwell there;
# ver. 18 no man shall sojourn in her.”
Judgment on Elam
34The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning #ch. 25:25; Gen. 14:1; Isa. 11:11; 21:2; Ezek. 32:24; Dan. 8:2 Elam, in the beginning of the reign of #2 Kgs. 24:17, 18Zedekiah king of Judah.
35Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will break #Isa. 22:6 the bow of #[See ver. 34 above]Elam, the mainstay of their might. 36And I will bring upon #[See ver. 34 above]Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. And I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of #[See ver. 34 above]Elam shall not come. 37I will #[ch. 1:17] terrify #[See ver. 34 above] Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, #See ch. 12:13 my fierce anger, declares the Lord. #See ch. 9:16I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them, 38and I will set my throne in #[See ver. 34 above]Elam and destroy their king and officials, declares the Lord.
39“But in the latter days #[ch. 48:47] I will restore the fortunes of #[See ver. 34 above]Elam, declares the Lord.”
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Jeremiah 49
49
1Of the children of Ammon. Thus saith the LORD: Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof? 2Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess them that did possess him, saith the LORD. 3Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together. 4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? 5Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, from all that are round about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather up him that wandereth. 6But afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
7Of Edom. Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I shall visit him. 9If grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough? 10But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. 11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 12For thus saith the LORD: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink. 13For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 14I have heard tidings from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 15For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men. 16As for thy terribleness, the pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD; 17And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall he astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein. 19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of Jordan against the strong habitation: but I will suddenly make him run away from her; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over her: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me? 20Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. 21The earth trembleth at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea. 22Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23Of Damascus. Hamath is ashamed, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on 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 shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. 27And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
28Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote: Thus saith the LORD: Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the children of the east. 29Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels: and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side. 30Flee ye, wander far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. 31Arise, get you up unto a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD; which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. 32And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter unto all winds them that have the corners of their hair polled; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, saith the LORD. 33And Hazor shall be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation for ever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
34The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam; the chief of their might. 36And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 37And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: 38and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith the LORD. 39But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
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