Jeremiah 49

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 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 , 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 glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? who trusted in her treasures, [ saying ] , Who shall come to me?

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 .

But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, says Yahweh .

Of Edom . Thus says Yahweh of Hosts : Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

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 gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, wouldn't they destroy until they had enough ?

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 .

Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.

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 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 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 have made you small among the nations , and despised among men.

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 shall become an astonishment : everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues of it .

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, 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 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.

The earth trembles at the noise of their fall ; there is a cry , the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.

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.

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 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 city of my joy ?

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 kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad .

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.

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 !

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.

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 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 shall be a dwelling -place of jackals , a desolation forever : no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein .

The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam , in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

Thus says Yahweh of Hosts : Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

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.

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 ;

and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes, says Yahweh .

But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh .