| 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? |
| 2 | 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. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
|
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. |
