Old Testament · Prophets

Jeremiah chapter 49

About the . This is what Yahweh says: “Does Israel have no sons? Has he no heir? Then why has taken over , and his people settled in its towns?”“So listen — the days are coming,” says Yahweh, “when I will sound the against of the Ammonites. She will become a desolate mound, and her surrounding villages will be set on fire. Then Israel will take back what was taken from him,” says Yahweh.“, Heshbon — Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Put on , beat your chests, run back and forth inside the walls, because , along with his priests and officials.”“Why do you boast about your valleys — your valley flowing with abundance, you ? You trusted in your treasures, saying, ‘Who would dare come against me?’”“Watch — I am bringing terror on you from every direction around you,” says the Lord, Yahweh, . “Each of you will be , with no one to gather the fugitives.”“But after that, I will of the Ammonites.” This is Yahweh’s declaration.About . This is what Yahweh, Commander of Armies, says: “Is there no wisdom left in ? Has good counsel vanished from the discerning? Has their wisdom ?”“Turn around and run! Hide deep underground, you who live in ! Because I am bringing Esau’s disaster down on him — the time when I with him.”“If grape-pickers came to you, wouldn’t they leave a few grapes behind? If thieves came in the night, wouldn’t they only take what they wanted? But I will strip Esau completely bare.”“I have and he cannot conceal himself. His children, his relatives, his neighbors are destroyed, and .”“Leave your — I will keep them alive. Let your widows .”For this is what Yahweh says: “If those who didn’t deserve to had to drink it anyway, do you really think you’ll go unpunished? You will not go unpunished. You will drink it.”“Because I have ,” says Yahweh, “ will become a horror, a disgrace, a ruin, and . All her towns will be permanent wastelands.”I have heard a message from Yahweh — : “Gather together! March against her! Rise up for war!”“Look — I will make you small among the nations, despised among people. The terror you inspired — your own arrogance — has deceived you, you who live in , who hold the high ground. Even if you , I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.The terror you inspired has deceived you — your own — you who live in the crevices of the rock, who cling to the top of the hill. Even if you build your nest as high as an eagle’s, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.“Edom will become a horror. Everyone who passes by will be stunned and will at all her wounds.”“Like and their neighboring towns,” says Yahweh, “no one will live there, no human being will settle in it.”“Watch — like a lion coming up from into rich pastureland, I will suddenly chase Edom from her land. And who is the one I will appoint over her? Who is like me? Who can challenge me? What can stand in my way?”“So hear that Yahweh has drawn up against Edom, the purposes he has shaped against those who live in Teman: will be dragged away. He will turn their pastureland into a wasteland beneath them.”At the sound of their fall . Their outcry — its echo can be heard at .Look — he will , spreading his wings over Bozrah. On that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be .About . “ are put to shame — they have heard bad news. They are churning with anxiety, .”“Damascus has . She has turned to run, panic has seized her. Distress and agony have gripped her .”“How the has not been spared — the town that was !”“So her young men will fall in her public squares, and all her soldiers will be on that day,” says Yahweh, Commander of Armies.“I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the fortresses of .”About and the kingdoms of , which king of Babylon struck down. This is what Yahweh says: “Rise up — march against Kedar! Destroy the people of the east!”“Their tents and their flocks will be seized, their and all their gear carried off. Their camels will be taken from them, and people will shout at them: ‘!’”“Run! Get far away! Hide deep underground, you who live in Hazor,” says Yahweh. “Because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has against you, has shaped a strategy against you.”“Rise up — march against a nation at ease, living in security,” says Yahweh. “They have — they .”“Their camels will become plunder, their massive herds will become spoils of war. I will , and I will bring disaster on them from every direction,” says Yahweh.“Hazor will become , a wasteland forever. No one will live there, no human being will settle in it.”The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet about , at the beginning of the reign of king of Judah:This is what Yahweh, Commander of Armies, says: “Watch — I am about to of Elam, .”“I will bring four winds against Elam from the four corners of the sky, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will be no nation where Elam’s exiles have not gone.”“I will shatter Elam in front of their enemies, in front of those who want them dead. I will bring disaster on them — ,” says Yahweh. “I will until I have finished them off.”“I will in Elam and destroy her king and officials from there,” says Yahweh.“But , I will of Elam,” says Yahweh.