Jeremiah 49
1. Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith * the LORD; Hath Israel no sons?hath he no heir * ? why then doth their king inherit * Gad, and his people dwell * in his cities?
2. Therefore, behold, the days come * , saith * the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard * in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned * with fire: then shall Israel be heir * unto them that were his heirs * , saith * the LORD.
3. Howl * , O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled * : cry * , ye daughters of Rabbah, gird * you with sackcloth; lament * , and run to and fro * by the hedges; for their king shall go * into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
4. Wherefore gloriest * thou in the valleys, thy flowing * valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted * in her treasures, saying, Who shall come * unto me?
5. Behold, I will bring * a fear upon thee, saith * the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out * every man right forth; and none shall gather up * him that wandereth * .
6. And afterward I will bring again * the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith * the LORD.
7. Concerning Edom, thus saith * the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished * from the prudent * ? is their wisdom vanished * ?
8. Flee * ye, turn back * , dwell * deep * , O inhabitants * of Dedan; for I will bring * the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit * him.
9. If grapegatherers * come * to thee, would they not leave * some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy * till they have enough.
10. But 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.
11. Leave * thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive * ; and let thy widows trust * in me.
12. For thus saith * the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink * of the cup have assuredly * drunken * ; and art thou he that shall altogether * go unpunished * ? thou shalt not go unpunished * , but thou shalt surely * drink * of it.
13. For I have sworn * by myself, saith * the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
14. I have heard * a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent * unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together * , and come * against her, and rise up * to the battle.
15. For, lo, I will make * thee small among the heathen, and despised * among men.
16. Thy terribleness hath deceived * thee, and the pride of thine heart, 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.
17. Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth * by it shall be astonished * , and shall hiss * at all the plagues thereof.
18. As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith * the LORD, no man shall abide * there, neither shall a son of man dwell * in it.
19. Behold, he shall come up * like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation 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 who is like me? and who will appoint me the time * ? and who is that shepherd * that will stand * before me?
20. Therefore hear * the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken * against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed * against the inhabitants * of Teman:Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out * : surely he shall make their habitations desolate * with them.
21. The earth is moved * at the noise of their fall * , at the cry the noise thereof was heard * in the Red sea.
22. Behold, he shall come up * and fly * as the eagle, and spread * his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs * .
23. Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded * , and Arpad: for they have heard * evil tidings: they are fainthearted * ; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot * be quiet * .
24. Damascus is waxed feeble * , and turneth * herself to flee * , and fear hath seized * on her: anguish and sorrows have taken * her, as a woman in travail * .
25. How is the city of praise not left * , the city of my joy !
26. Therefore her young men shall fall * in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off * in that day, saith * the LORD of hosts.
27. And I will kindle * a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume * the palaces of Benhadad.
28. Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite * , thus saith * the LORD; Arise * ye, go up * to Kedar, and spoil * the men of the east.
29. Their tents and their flocks shall they take away * : they shall take * to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry * unto them, Fear is on every side.
30. Flee * , get * you 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.
31. Arise * , get you up * unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth * without care, saith * the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell * alone.
32. And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter * into all winds them that are in the utmost * corners; and I will bring * their calamity from all sides thereof, saith * the LORD.
33. And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever:there shall no man abide * there, nor any son of man dwell * in it.
34. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying * ,
35. Thus saith * the LORD of hosts;Behold, I will break * the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
36. And 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 * .
37. For 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:
38. And I will set * my throne in Elam, and will destroy * from thence the king and the princes, saith * the LORD.
39. But it shall come to pass in the latter days,that I will bring again * the captivity * of Elam, saith * the LORD.
