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?
02 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.
03 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.
04 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy
flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that
trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come
unto me?
05 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.
06 And afterward I will bring again the captivity
of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.
07 Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts;
Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished
from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
08 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.
09 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?
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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.
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