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Prophecy against Ammon
Concerning the sons of AAmmon. Thus says the Loʀᴅ:
“Does Israel have no sons?
Or has he no heirs?
Why then has 1Malcam taken possession of Gad
And his people settled in its cities?
Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Loʀᴅ,
“That I will cause a 1Atrumpet blast of war to be heard
Against BRabbah of the sons of Ammon;
And it will become a desolate heap,
And her Ctowns will be set on fire.
Then Israel will take Dpossession of his possessors,”
Says the Loʀᴅ.
Wail, O AHeshbon, for BAi has been destroyed!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,
CGird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,
And rush back and forth inside the walls;
For 1Malcam will Dgo into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.
How Aboastful you are about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
O Bbacksliding daughter
Who trusts in her Ctreasures, saying,
DWho will come against me?’
Behold, I am going to bring Aterror upon you,”
Declares the Lord 1Goᴅ of hosts,
“From all directions around you;
And each of you will be Bdriven out 2headlong,
With no one to gather the Cfugitives together.
“But afterward I will Arestore
The 1fortunes of the sons of Ammon,”
Declares the Loʀᴅ.
 
Prophecy against Edom
Concerning AEdom.
Thus says the Loʀᴅ of hosts,
“Is there no longer any Bwisdom in CTeman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of ADedan,
For I 1will bring the Bdisaster of Esau upon him
At the time I 2punish him.
AIf grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
They would destroy only 1until they had enough.
10 “But I have Astripped Esau bare,
I have uncovered his hiding places
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His 1offspring has been destroyed along with his 2relatives
And his neighbors, and Bhe is no more.
11 Leave your 1Aorphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your Bwidows trust in Me.”
12 For thus says the Loʀᴅ, “Behold, those 1who were not sentenced to drink the Acup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be Bcompletely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it. 13  “For I have Asworn by Myself,” declares the Loʀᴅ, “that BBozrah will become an Cobject of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.”
 
14 I have Aheard a message from the Loʀᴅ,
And an Benvoy is sent among the nations, saying,
CGather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”
15 “For behold, I have made you small among the nations,
Despised among men.
16 “As for the terror of you,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of 1the Arock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as Bhigh as an eagle’s,
I will Cbring you down from there,” declares the Loʀᴅ.
17 Edom will become an Aobject of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will Bhiss at all its wounds. 18  “Like the Aoverthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Loʀᴅ, “Bno one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it. 19  “ABehold, one will come up like a lion from the 1Bthickets of the Jordan against 2a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is Cchosen I shall appoint over it. For who is Dlike Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd Ewho can stand against Me?”
20  Therefore hear the Aplan of the Loʀᴅ which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their 1pasture Bdesolate because of them. 21 The Aearth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the 1Red Sea. 22  Behold, 1He will mount up and Aswoop like an eagle and spread out His wings 2against Bozrah; and the Bhearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
 
Prophecy against Damascus
23 Concerning ADamascus.
BHamath and CArpad are put to shame,
For they have heard bad news;
They are Ddisheartened.
There is anxiety by the sea,
It Ecannot be calmed.
24 Damascus has become helpless;
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has gripped her;
ADistress and pangs have taken hold of her
Like a woman in childbirth.
25 How 1the Acity of praise has not been deserted,
The town of My joy!
26 Therefore, her Ayoung men will fall in her streets,
And all the men of war will be 1silenced in that day,” declares the Loʀᴅ of hosts.
27 “I will Aset fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will devour the 1fortified towers of BBen-hadad.”
Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor
28 Concerning AKedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Loʀᴅ,
Arise, go up to Kedar
And devastate the 1Bmen of the east.
29 “They will take away their tents and their flocks;
They will carry off for themselves
Their tent Acurtains, all their goods and their Bcamels,
And they will call out to one another, ‘CTerror on every side!’
30 Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the Loʀᴅ;
“For ANebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you
And devised a scheme against you.
31 Arise, go up against a nation which is Aat ease,
Which lives securely,” declares the Loʀᴅ.
“It has Bno gates or bars;
They Cdwell alone.
32 “Their camels will become plunder,
And their many cattle for booty,
And I will Ascatter to all the winds those who Bcut the corners of their hair;
And I will bring their disaster from every side,” declares the Loʀᴅ.
33 Hazor will become a Ahaunt of jackals,
A desolation forever;
No one will live there,
Nor will a son of man reside in it.”
Prophecy against Elam
34 That which came as the word of the Loʀᴅ to Jeremiah the prophet concerning AElam, Bat the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
 
35 Thus says the Loʀᴅ of hosts,
Behold, I am going to Abreak the bow of Elam,
The 1finest of their might.
36 ‘I will bring upon Elam the Afour winds
From the four ends of heaven,
And will Bscatter them to all these winds;
And there will be no nation
To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.
37 ‘So I will 1shatter Elam before their enemies
And before those who seek their lives;
And I will Abring calamity upon them,
Even My Bfierce anger,’ declares the Loʀᴅ,
‘And I will Csend out the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
38 ‘Then I will set My throne in Elam
And destroy 1out of it king and princes,’
Declares the Loʀᴅ.
39 ‘But it will come about in the last days
That I will Arestore the 1fortunes of Elam,’ ”
Declares the Loʀᴅ.
A 49:1 Deut 23:3, 4; 2 Chr 20:1; Ezek 21:28-32; 25:2-10; Amos 1:13-15; Zeph 2:8-11 1 49:1 In 1 Kin 11:5, 33 and Zeph 1:5, Milcom 1 49:2 Or shout of A 49:2 Num 10:9; Jer 4:19 B 49:2 Deut 3:11; 2 Sam 11:1; Ezek 21:20 C 49:2 Josh 17:11, 16 D 49:2 Is 14:2 A 49:3 Jer 48:2 B 49:3 Josh 7:2-5; 8:1-29; Ezra 2:28 C 49:3 Is 32:11; Jer 48:37 1 49:3 Cf v 1 D 49:3 Jer 46:25; 48:7 A 49:4 Jer 9:23 B 49:4 Jer 31:22 C 49:4 Ps 62:10; Ezek 28:4, 5; 1 Tim 6:17 D 49:4 Jer 21:13 A 49:5 Jer 48:43f; 49:29 1 49:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Loʀᴅ B 49:5 Jer 16:16; 46:5 2 49:5 Lit before him C 49:5 Lam 4:15 A 49:6 Jer 48:47; 49:39 1 49:6 Or captivity A 49:7 Gen 25:30; 32:3; Is 34:5, 6; Jer 25:21; Ezek 25:12; Amos 1:11; Obad 1-21 B 49:7 Job 2:11; Jer 8:9 C 49:7 Gen 36:11, 15, 34; Jer 49:20 A 49:8 Is 21:13; Jer 25:23 1 49:8 Or brought B 49:8 Jer 46:21; Mal 1:3, 4 2 49:8 Or punished A 49:9 Obad 5 1 49:9 Lit their sufficiency A 49:10 Jer 13:26 1 49:10 Lit seed 2 49:10 Lit brothers B 49:10 Is 17:14 1 49:11 Or fatherless A 49:11 Ps 68:5; Hos 14:3 B 49:11 Ps 68:5; Zech 7:10 1 49:12 Lit whose judgment was not to A 49:12 Jer 25:15 B 49:12 Jer 25:28, 29; 1 Pet 4:17 A 49:13 Gen 22:16; Is 45:23; Jer 44:26; Amos 6:8 B 49:13 Gen 36:33; 1 Chr 1:44; Is 34:6; 63:1; Amos 1:12 C 49:13 Is 34:9-15; Jer 18:16 A 49:14 Obad 1-4 B 49:14 Is 18:2; 30:4 C 49:14 Jer 50:14 1 49:16 Or Sela A 49:16 2 Kin 14:7; Jer 48:28 B 49:16 Job 39:27; Is 14:13-15 C 49:16 Amos 9:2 A 49:17 Jer 18:16; 49:13; 50:13; Ezek 35:7 B 49:17 1 Kin 9:8; Jer 51:37 A 49:18 Gen 19:24, 25; Deut 29:23; Jer 50:40; Amos 4:11; Zeph 2:9 B 49:18 Job 18:15-18; Jer 49:33 A 49:19 Jer 50:44 1 49:19 Lit pride B 49:19 Josh 3:15; Jer 12:5 2 49:19 Or an enduring habitation C 49:19 Num 16:5 D 49:19 Ex 15:11; Is 46:9 E 49:19 Job 41:10 A 49:20 Is 14:24, 27; Jer 50:45 1 49:20 Or habitation B 49:20 Mal 1:3, 4 A 49:21 Jer 50:46; Ezek 26:15, 18 1 49:21 Lit Sea of Reeds 1 49:22 Or one A 49:22 Jer 4:13; 48:40; Hos 8:1 2 49:22 Or over B 49:22 Is 13:8; Jer 30:6; 48:41 A 49:23 Gen 14:15; 15:2; 2 Kin 5:12; 2 Chr 16:2; Is 7:8; 17:1; Amos 1:3; Acts 9:2 B 49:23 Num 13:21; Is 10:9; Jer 39:5; Amos 6:2 C 49:23 2 Kin 18:34; 19:13; Is 10:9 D 49:23 Ex 15:15; Nah 2:10 E 49:23 Is 57:20 A 49:24 Is 13:8 1 49:25 Or deserted is the city of praise A 49:25 Jer 33:9; 51:41 A 49:26 Jer 11:22; 50:30; Amos 4:10 1 49:26 Or destroyed A 49:27 Jer 43:12; Amos 1:3-5 1 49:27 Or palaces B 49:27 1 Kin 15:18-20; 2 Kin 13:3 A 49:28 Gen 25:13; Ps 120:5; Is 21:16, 17; Jer 2:10; Ezek 27:21 1 49:28 Lit sons B 49:28 Job 1:3; Is 11:14 A 49:29 Hab 3:7 B 49:29 1 Chr 5:21 C 49:29 Jer 46:5 A 49:30 Jer 25:9; 27:6 A 49:31 Judg 18:7; Is 47:8 B 49:31 Is 42:11 C 49:31 Num 23:9; Deut 33:28; Mic 7:14 A 49:32 Ezek 5:10; 12:14, 15 B 49:32 Jer 9:26; 25:23 A 49:33 Is 13:20-22; Jer 9:11; 10:22; 51:37; Zeph 2:9, 13-15; Mal 1:3 A 49:34 Gen 10:22; 14:1, 9; Is 11:11; Jer 25:25; Ezek 32:24; Dan 8:2 B 49:34 2 Kin 24:17, 18; Jer 28:1 A 49:35 Ps 46:9; Is 22:6; Jer 51:56 1 49:35 Lit first A 49:36 Dan 7:2; 8:8; Rev 7:1 B 49:36 Jer 49:32; Ezek 5:10; Amos 9:9 1 49:37 Or dismay A 49:37 Jer 6:19 B 49:37 Jer 30:24 C 49:37 Jer 9:16; 48:2 1 49:38 Or from there A 49:39 Jer 48:47 1 49:39 Or captivity