The Book of Jeremiah
49: 1Of the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah: Hath Israel no sons? hath he
no heir? why then doth Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in the cities
thereof? 49:2Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, 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 them that did possess him, saith Jehovah. 49:3Wail, O Heshbon, for
Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament,
and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his
priests and his princes together. 49:4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy
flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who
shall come unto me? 49:5Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord,
Jehovah of hosts, from all that are round about thee; and ye shall be driven out
every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.
49:6But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith
Jehovah. 49:7Of Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman?
is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 49:8Flee ye, turn
back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of
Esau upon him, the time that I shall visit him. 49:9If grape-gatherers came to thee,
would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not
destroy till they had enough? 49:10But 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 brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not. 49:11Leave thy fatherless children, I
will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 49:12For thus saith
Jehovah: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly
drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go
unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink. 49:13For I have sworn by myself, saith
Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a
curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 49:14I have heard tidings
from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather
yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 49:15For, behold,
I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men. 49:16As for thy
terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, 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 Jehovah.
49:17And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be
astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 49:18As in the overthrow of
Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall
dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein. 49:19Behold, 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 whoso 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 that will stand before me? 49:20Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah,
that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath 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. 49:21The earth
trembleth at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the
Red Sea. 49:22Behold, 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. 49:23Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded,
and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away: there is sorrow
on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 49:24Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to
flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of
her, as of a woman in travail. 49:25How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of
my joy? 49:26Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of
war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts. 49:27And I will
kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of
Ben-hadad. 49:28Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and destroy
the children of the east. 49:29Their 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 unto them, Terror on every side! 49:30Flee ye, wander far off,
dwell in the depths, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith Jehovah; for Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose
against you. 49:31Arise, get you up unto a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth
without care, saith Jehovah; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.
49:32And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I
will scatter unto all winds them that have the corners of their hair cut off; and I
will bring their calamity from every side of them, saith Jehovah. 49:33And Hazor
shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation for ever: no man shall dwell
there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein. 49:34The word of Jehovah that
came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 49:35Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will
break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. 49:36And 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. 49:37And 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 Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them;
49:38and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes,
saith Jehovah. 49:39But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring back
the captivity of Elam, saith Jehovah.