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Concerning
the
Ammonites,
this
is
what
the LORD
says: “
Has Israel no sons? Is
he without
heir? Why then has
Milcom
taken
possession
of
Gad ?
Why
have
his people settled
in their
cities?
Of
the children
of
Ammon.
Thus
says Yahweh
: Has Israel no sons? has
he no
heir? why then does
Malcam
possess
Gad ,
and
his people well
in the
cities of
it
?
Therefore, behold, the days are
coming
, declares
the
LORD
, when
I will sound
the
battle
cry
against Rabbah of the Ammonites.
It will
become a heap of
ruins
, and its
villages
will
be burned .
Then Israel will
drive
out
their
dispossessors
, says the
LORD
.
Therefore, 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 shall
become a desolate
heap, and her
daughters
shall
be burned with
fire:
then shall
Israel possess
those
who
did
possess
him
, says Yahweh
.
Wail, O
Heshbon, for Ai has
been
destroyed
; cry out
, O
daughters of Rabbah !
Put
on
sackcloth and mourn;
run back and forth within
your
walls,
for Milcom
will
go into exile
together
with
his priests and officials
.
Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is
laid
waste
; cry, you
daughters of Rabbah ,
gird
you
with
sackcloth :
lament,
and run back and forth among
the
fences;
for Malcam
shall
go into captivity,
his priests and his
princes
together
.
Why do
you boast
of
your
valleys —
your valleys
so
fruitful
, O
faithless
daughter? You
trust
in your
riches
and
say
, ‘
Who can
come against
me? ’
Why glory
you in
the
valleys ,
your flowing
valley
, backsliding
daughter? who
trusted
in her
treasures
, [saying],
Who shall
come to
me?
Behold, I am
about
to
bring terror
upon
you, declares
the Lord GOD
of Hosts, from all those
around
you .
You will
each
be driven headlong
, with
no
one
to regather
the fugitives.
Behold, I will
bring a
fear
on
you, says
the Lord ,
Yahweh
of Hosts, from all who
are
round
about
you ;
and
you shall
be driven out
every
man
right
forth
, and
there
shall
be
none
to gather
together
the fugitives.
Yet
afterward I will restore
the Ammonites
from
captivity ,”
declares
the LORD
.
But
afterward I will bring
back
the captivity of
the children
of
Ammon,
says
Yahweh
.
Concerning
Edom ,
this
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says
: “
Is there
no
longer
wisdom in Teman? Has
counsel perished from the prudent? Has
their wisdom decayed
?
Of
Edom .
Thus
says
Yahweh
of Hosts: Is wisdom no
more
in Teman? is
counsel perished from the prudent? is
their wisdom vanished
?
Turn and
run!
Lie
low
, O
dwellers
of Dedan ,
for I will bring disaster
on
Esau at
the time I punish
him.
Flee
you,
turn back
, dwell
in
the
depths,
inhabitants
of Dedan ;
for I will bring the
calamity
of
Esau on
him,
the time that
I shall
visit
him.
If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings
? Were
thieves to
come
in
the
night, would
they not
steal
only
what
they wanted
?
If grape -
gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning
grapes
? if
thieves by
night, wouldn't
they destroy
until
they had
enough
?
But I will
strip
Esau bare ;
I will
uncover
his hiding
places, and he will
be unable
to conceal
himself .
His descendants
will
be
destroyed along
with
his relatives
and neighbors ,
and he will
be
no more.
But I have
made
Esau bare ,
I have
uncovered
his secret
places, and he shall
not
be able
to hide
himself :
his seed
is
destroyed ,
and
his brothers,
and his
neighbors ;
and he is
no more.
Abandon
your orphans;
I will preserve their
lives.
Let your widows trust in Me. ”
Leave
your fatherless
children,
I will preserve them
alive;
and
let your widows trust in me.
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 go unpunished, for
you must
drink it
too
.
For thus
says Yahweh
: Behold,
they
to whom
it
didn't
pertain
to
drink of
the cup shall
assuredly
drink ;
and
are
you he
who
shall
altogether
go
unpunished? you shall
not go unpunished, but
you shall
surely
drink.
For by
Myself
I have sworn, declares
the
LORD
, that Bozrah will
become a
desolation
, a disgrace
, a ruin
, and a curse ,
and all her
cities will
be in
ruins
forever
. ”
For I have sworn by
myself
, says
Yahweh
, that Bozrah shall
become an
astonishment
, a reproach
, a waste
, and a curse ;
and all the
cities of
it
shall
be perpetual
wastes
.
I have heard a
message
from the
LORD;
an envoy
has
been
sent to
the nations :
“Assemble
yourselves to
march
against her !
Rise up for
battle !”
I have heard news
from Yahweh,
and
an ambassador
is
sent among
the nations ,
[saying],
Gather
yourselves together,
and
come
against her ,
and
rise up to
the
battle .
“
For behold, I will
make
you small among nations, despised among men.
For ,
behold, I have
made
you small among the
nations, and
despised among men.
The
terror you
cause
and
the pride of your heart have
deceived you, O dwellers
in the clefts of the rocks
, O
occupiers
of the mountain
summit.
Though you elevate
your nest like
the eagle, even
from
there
I will bring you down, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
As
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
.
“
Edom will
become an object
of
horror.
All
who pass
by will
be appalled
and will
scoff
at all her
wounds
.
Edom shall
become an astonishment:
everyone
who passes
by it
shall
be astonished,
and shall
hiss
at all the
plagues
of
it
.
As Sodom and Gomorrah were
overthrown
along
with
their
neighbors
, ”
says the
LORD
, “
no one
will
dwell there ;
no
man will
abide
there
.
As in
the
overthrow
of
Sodom and Gomorrah and
the
neighbor
cities
of
it
, says Yahweh
, no man
shall
dwell there ,
neither
shall
any
son
of
man sojourn
therein
.
Behold, one
will
come up like a lion from the thickets
of the Jordan to
the watered
pasture.
For in
an
instant
I will chase
Edom
from her
land.
Who
is the
chosen one
I
will appoint for
this?
For who is like Me ,
and who can
challenge
Me? What
shepherd can
stand against
Me? ”
Behold, he
shall
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 ,
him
will I
appoint over
it:
for who is like me ?
and who will
appoint
me a
time
? and
who
is
the
shepherd who
will
stand before
me?
Therefore hear the plans
that the
LORD
has drawn
up
against Edom and the
strategies
He has devised
against the people
of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will
be
dragged
away
; certainly
their pasture
will
be
made
desolate because
of
them.
Therefore 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
shall
drag
them
away,
[even]
the little ones of the flock; surely
he
shall
make
their habitation
desolate over
them.
At the sound
of their fall the
earth
will
quake
; their
cry will
resound
to
the Red Sea.
The
earth
trembles
at the noise
of their fall; there
is
a
cry ,
the noise
which
is
heard
in
the
Red Sea.
Look!
An
eagle
will
soar
and swoop
down
, spreading
its
wings over
Bozrah .
In
that
day
the hearts
of Edom’s
mighty men will
be like
the heart of a woman in labor
.
Behold,
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
.
Concerning
Damascus :
“
Hamath and Arpad are
put
to
shame,
for they have heard a
bad
report;
they are agitated
like
the sea; their
anxiety
cannot
be calmed
.
Of
Damascus .
Hamath is
confounded,
and Arpad ;
for they have heard evil
news,
they are melted
away:
there
is
sorrow
on
the sea; it
can't
be quiet
.
Damascus has become
feeble ;
she has
turned
to flee .
Panic
has gripped
her ;
anguish and pain
have seized
her like
a woman in labor
.
Damascus has grown
feeble ,
she turns
herself
to flee ,
and
trembling
has seized
on
her :
anguish and sorrows
have taken
hold
of
her ,
as
of
a woman in travail
.
How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town
that
brings
Me
joy?
How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city
of
my
joy?
For
her young men will
fall in the
streets, and all her
warriors
will
be silenced
in that day, ”
declares
the
LORD
of Hosts.
Therefore
her young men shall
fall in her
streets, and all the
men
of
war
shall
be brought
to
silence
in that day, says
Yahweh
of Hosts.
“
I will set
fire to
the walls
of Damascus ;
it will
consume
the fortresses
of Ben -
hadad. ”
I will kindle
a
fire in
the wall
of Damascus ,
and
it shall
devour
the palaces
of Ben Hadad.
Concerning
Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon defeated,
this
is
what
the
LORD
says: “Rise
up
, advance
against
Kedar, and destroy the people
of the east !
Of
Kedar ,
and of
the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon struck.
Thus
says Yahweh
: Arise
you
, go
up
to
Kedar, and destroy the children
of the east .
They
will
take
their tents and flocks ,
their tent
curtains and all their goods.
They
will
take
their camels for
themselves.
They will
shout
to them :
‘
Terror is
on every side! ’
Their 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
to them ,
Terror on every side!
Run!
Escape
quickly!
Lie
low
, O
residents
of
Hazor
, ”
declares
the LORD
, “
for Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon has drawn
up
a
plan
against you ;
he
has devised
a strategy
against you.
Flee
you
, wander
far
off
, dwell
in
the depths
, you
inhabitants
of
Hazor,
says
Yahweh;
for Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon has taken
counsel
against you ,
and
has conceived
a purpose
against you.
Rise
up
, advance
against
a nation at ease, one
that dwells securely
, ”
declares
the
LORD.
“They
have no
gates or
bars ;
they
live
alone.
Arise
, go
up
to
a nation that
is
at ease, that dwells without
care
, says
Yahweh;
that
have neither
gates nor
bars ,
that
dwell
alone.
Their camels will
become
plunder
, and their large
herds
will
be
spoil .
I will scatter to the
wind
in
every
direction
those who shave
their temples
; I will bring calamity on
them
from all
sides
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Their camels shall
be
a
booty
, and the
multitude
of
their cattle
a
spoil :
and
I will scatter to all
winds
those who have
the
corners
[of
their hair]
cut
off
; and
I will bring their
calamity from every
side
of
them
, says
Yahweh
.
“
Hazor will
become
a haunt
for
jackals, a desolation forever .
No one
will
dwell there ;
no
man will
abide
there
. ”
Hazor shall
be
a dwelling-place
of
jackals, a desolation forever :
no man
shall
dwell there ,
neither
shall
any
son
of
man sojourn
therein
.
This
is
the word of the
LORD
that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at
the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah .
The word of Yahweh
that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam ,
in
the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah ,
saying,
This
is
what
the
LORD
of Hosts says
: “
Behold, I will shatter
Elam’s
bow, the mainstay
of their might.
Thus
says
Yahweh
of Hosts: Behold, I will break
the
bow of
Elam
, the chief
of their might.
I
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
exiles
will
not go
.
On
Elam
will I
bring the four winds from the four quarters
of the sky
, and will scatter them toward
all those
winds ;
and
there shall
be no
nation where
the
outcasts
of
Elam
shall
not come
.
So
I will shatter
Elam before their foes
, before those who seek their lives.
I will bring disaster
upon
them, even My fierce anger, ”
declares
the
LORD.
“
I will send out
the sword after them until I finish
them off.
I will cause
Elam to
be
dismayed
before their enemies
, and
before those who seek their life;
and
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 ;
I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its
king and officials
, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
and
I will set my throne in Elam, and will
destroy from
there
king and princes
, says
Yahweh
.
“Yet
in the last
days, I will restore
Elam
from
captivity, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
But
it
shall
happen
in the latter
days, that
I will bring
back
the
captivity of
Elam
, says
Yahweh
.
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