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Chapter 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? |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows
trust in me. |
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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. |
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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. |
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For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among
men. |
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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. |
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17 | Also Edom shall be a
desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at
all the plagues thereof. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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27 | And I will kindle a fire
in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
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| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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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. |
