Prophecy against Ammon
49 Concerning the sons of (A)Ammon. This is what the Lord says:
“Does Israel have no sons?
Or has he no heirs?
Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad,
And his people settled in its cities?
2 Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will cause an alarm of (B)war to be heard
Against (C)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon;
And it will become a desolate heap,
And her (D)towns will be set on fire.
Then Israel will take (E)possession of his possessors,”
Says the Lord.
3 “Wail, (F)Heshbon, for (G)Ai has been destroyed!
Cry out, daughters of Rabbah,
(H)Put on sackcloth and mourn,
And move about inside the walls;
For Malcam will (I)go into exile
Together with his priests and his leaders.
4 How you (J)boast about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
You (K)backsliding daughter
Who trusts in her (L)treasures, saying,
‘(M)Who can come against me?’
5 Behold, I am going to bring (N)terror upon you,”
Declares the Lord God of armies,
“From all directions around you;
And you will be (O)driven away one after another,
With no one to gather the (P)fugitives together.
6 But afterward I will (Q)restore
The fortunes of the sons of Ammon,”
Declares the Lord.
Prophecy against Edom
7 Concerning (R)Edom.
This is what the Lord of armies says:
“Is there no longer any (S)wisdom in (T)Teman?
Has good advice been lost by the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
8 Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,
You inhabitants of (U)Dedan,
For I will bring the (V)disaster of Esau upon him
At the time I punish him.
9 (W)If grape pickers came to you,
Would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
They would destroy only what was sufficient for them.
10 But I have (X)stripped Esau bare,
I have uncovered his hiding places
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His offspring have been destroyed along with his brothers
And his neighbors, and (Y)he no longer exists.
11 Leave your (Z)orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your (AA)widows trust in Me.”
12 For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the (AB)cup will certainly drink it, so are you the one who will be held (AC)completely blameless? You will not be held blameless, but you will certainly drink it. 13 For I have (AD)sworn by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that (AE)Bozrah will become an (AF)object of horror, a disgrace, a wasteland, and a curse; and all its cities will become permanent ruins.”
14 I have (AG)heard a message from the Lord,
And a (AH)messenger is being sent among the nations, saying,
“(AI)Gather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”
15 “For behold, I have made you small among the nations,
Despised among people.
16 As for the terror you cause,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of the (AJ)rock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as (AK)high as an eagle’s,
I will (AL)bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.
17 “Edom will become an (AM)object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will (AN)hiss at all its wounds. 18 Like the (AO)overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “(AP)no one will live there, nor will anyone of mankind reside in it. 19 (AQ)Behold, one will come up like a lion from the (AR)thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase him away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is (AS)chosen. For who is (AT)like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd (AU)who can stand against Me?”
20 Therefore hear the (AV)plan of the Lord which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has in mind against the inhabitants of Teman: they will certainly drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; He will certainly make their pasture (AW)desolate because of them. 21 The (AX)earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea. 22 Behold, He will mount up and (AY)swoop like an eagle, and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the (AZ)hearts of the warriors of Edom on that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Prophecy against Damascus
23 Concerning (BA)Damascus:
“(BB)Hamath and (BC)Arpad are put to shame,
For they have heard bad news;
They (BD)despair.
There is anxiety at the sea,
It (BE)cannot be calmed.
24 Damascus has become helpless;
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has gripped her;
(BF)Distress and labor pains have seized her
Like a woman in childbirth.
25 How the (BG)city of praise has not been deserted,
The town of My joy!
26 Therefore, her (BH)young men will fall in her streets,
And all the men of war will perish on that day,” declares the Lord of armies.
27 “I will (BI)set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will devour the fortified palace of (BJ)Ben-hadad.”
Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor
28 Concerning (BK)Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. This is what the Lord says:
“Arise, go up to Kedar
And devastate the (BL)people of the east.
29 They will take away their tents and their flocks;
They will carry off for themselves
Their tent (BM)curtains, all their goods and their (BN)camels,
And they will call out to one another, ‘(BO)Horror on every side!’
30 Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths,
You inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the Lord;
“For (BP)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you
And devised a scheme against you.
31 Arise, go up against a nation which is (BQ)at ease,
Which lives securely,” declares the Lord.
“It has (BR)no gates or bars;
They (BS)dwell alone.
32 Their camels will become plunder,
And their many livestock for spoils,
And I will (BT)scatter to all the winds those who (BU)cut the corners of their hair;
And I will bring their disaster from every side,” declares the Lord.
33 “Hazor will become a (BV)haunt of jackals,
A desolation forever;
No one will live there,
Nor will anyone of mankind reside in it.”
Prophecy against Elam
34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning (BW)Elam, (BX)at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
35 “This is what the Lord of armies says:
‘Behold, I am going to (BY)break the bow of Elam,
The finest of their might.
36 I will bring upon Elam the (BZ)four winds
From the four ends of heaven,
And will (CA)scatter them to all these winds;
And there will be no nation
To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.
37 So I will shatter Elam before their enemies
And before those who seek their lives;
And I will (CB)bring disaster upon them,
Even My (CC)fierce anger,’ declares the Lord,
‘And I will (CD)send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
38 Then I will set My throne in Elam,
And eliminate from there the king and officials,’
Declares the Lord.
39 ‘But it will come about in the last days
That I will (CE)restore the fortunes of Elam,’”
Declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:1
- Jeremiah 49:3
- Jeremiah 49:5
- Jeremiah 49:5
- Jeremiah 49:8
- Jeremiah 49:8
- Jeremiah 49:10
- Jeremiah 49:10
- Jeremiah 49:11
- Jeremiah 49:12
- Jeremiah 49:16
- Jeremiah 49:17
- Jeremiah 49:18
- Jeremiah 49:21
- Jeremiah 49:22
- Jeremiah 49:22
- Jeremiah 49:28
- Jeremiah 49:33
- Jeremiah 49:35
- Jeremiah 49:37
Cross references
- Jeremiah 49:1 : Deut 23:3, 4; 2 Chr 20:1; Ezek 21:28-32; 25:2-10; Amos 1:13-15; Zeph 2:8-11
- Jeremiah 49:2 : Num 10:9; Jer 4:19
- Jeremiah 49:2 : Deut 3:11; 2 Sam 11:1; Ezek 21:20
- Jeremiah 49:2 : Josh 17:11, 16
- Jeremiah 49:2 : Is 14:2
- Jeremiah 49:3 : Jer 48:2
- Jeremiah 49:3 : Josh 7:2-5; 8:1-29; Ezra 2:28
- Jeremiah 49:3 : Is 32:11; Jer 48:37
- Jeremiah 49:3 : Jer 46:25; 48:7
- Jeremiah 49:4 : Jer 9:23
- Jeremiah 49:4 : Jer 31:22
- Jeremiah 49:4 : Ps 62:10; Ezek 28:4, 5; 1 Tim 6:17
- Jeremiah 49:4 : Jer 21:13
- Jeremiah 49:5 : Jer 48:43f; 49:29
- Jeremiah 49:5 : Jer 16:16; 46:5
- Jeremiah 49:5 : Lam 4:15
- Jeremiah 49:6 : Jer 48:47; 49:39
- Jeremiah 49:7 : Gen 25:30; 32:3; Is 34:5, 6; Jer 25:21; Ezek 25:12; Amos 1:11; Obad 1-21
- Jeremiah 49:7 : Job 2:11; Jer 8:9
- Jeremiah 49:7 : Gen 36:11, 15, 34; Jer 49:20
- Jeremiah 49:8 : Is 21:13; Jer 25:23
- Jeremiah 49:8 : Jer 46:21; Mal 1:3, 4
- Jeremiah 49:9 : Obad 5
- Jeremiah 49:10 : Jer 13:26
- Jeremiah 49:10 : Is 17:14
- Jeremiah 49:11 : Ps 68:5; Hos 14:3
- Jeremiah 49:11 : Ps 68:5; Zech 7:10
- Jeremiah 49:12 : Jer 25:15
- Jeremiah 49:12 : Jer 25:28, 29; 1 Pet 4:17
- Jeremiah 49:13 : Gen 22:16; Is 45:23; Jer 44:26; Amos 6:8
- Jeremiah 49:13 : Gen 36:33; 1 Chr 1:44; Is 34:6; 63:1; Amos 1:12
- Jeremiah 49:13 : Is 34:9-15; Jer 18:16
- Jeremiah 49:14 : Obad 1-4
- Jeremiah 49:14 : Is 18:2; 30:4
- Jeremiah 49:14 : Jer 50:14
- Jeremiah 49:16 : 2 Kin 14:7; Jer 48:28
- Jeremiah 49:16 : Job 39:27; Is 14:13-15
- Jeremiah 49:16 : Amos 9:2
- Jeremiah 49:17 : Jer 18:16; 49:13; 50:13; Ezek 35:7
- Jeremiah 49:17 : 1 Kin 9:8; Jer 51:37
- Jeremiah 49:18 : Gen 19:24, 25; Deut 29:23; Jer 50:40; Amos 4:11; Zeph 2:9
- Jeremiah 49:18 : Job 18:15-18; Jer 49:33
- Jeremiah 49:19 : Jer 50:44
- Jeremiah 49:19 : Josh 3:15; Jer 12:5
- Jeremiah 49:19 : Num 16:5
- Jeremiah 49:19 : Ex 15:11; Is 46:9
- Jeremiah 49:19 : Job 41:10
- Jeremiah 49:20 : Is 14:24, 27; Jer 50:45
- Jeremiah 49:20 : Mal 1:3, 4
- Jeremiah 49:21 : Jer 50:46; Ezek 26:15, 18
- Jeremiah 49:22 : Jer 4:13; 48:40; Hos 8:1
- Jeremiah 49:22 : Is 13:8; Jer 30:6; 48:41
- Jeremiah 49:23 : Gen 14:15; 15:2; 2 Kin 5:12; 2 Chr 16:2; Is 7:8; 17:1; Amos 1:3; Acts 9:2
- Jeremiah 49:23 : Num 13:21; Is 10:9; Jer 39:5; Amos 6:2
- Jeremiah 49:23 : 2 Kin 18:34; 19:13; Is 10:9
- Jeremiah 49:23 : Ex 15:15; Nah 2:10
- Jeremiah 49:23 : Is 57:20
- Jeremiah 49:24 : Is 13:8
- Jeremiah 49:25 : Jer 33:9; 51:41
- Jeremiah 49:26 : Jer 11:22; 50:30; Amos 4:10
- Jeremiah 49:27 : Jer 43:12; Amos 1:3-5
- Jeremiah 49:27 : 1 Kin 15:18-20; 2 Kin 13:3
- Jeremiah 49:28 : Gen 25:13; Ps 120:5; Is 21:16, 17; Jer 2:10; Ezek 27:21
- Jeremiah 49:28 : Job 1:3; Is 11:14
- Jeremiah 49:29 : Hab 3:7
- Jeremiah 49:29 : 1 Chr 5:21
- Jeremiah 49:29 : Jer 46:5
- Jeremiah 49:30 : Jer 25:9; 27:6
- Jeremiah 49:31 : Judg 18:7; Is 47:8
- Jeremiah 49:31 : Is 42:11
- Jeremiah 49:31 : Num 23:9; Deut 33:28; Mic 7:14
- Jeremiah 49:32 : Ezek 5:10; 12:14, 15
- Jeremiah 49:32 : Jer 9:26; 25:23
- Jeremiah 49:33 : Is 13:20-22; Jer 9:11; 10:22; 51:37; Zeph 2:9, 13-15; Mal 1:3
- Jeremiah 49:34 : Gen 10:22; 14:1, 9; Is 11:11; Jer 25:25; Ezek 32:24; Dan 8:2
- Jeremiah 49:34 : 2 Kin 24:17, 18; Jer 28:1
- Jeremiah 49:35 : Ps 46:9; Is 22:6; Jer 51:56
- Jeremiah 49:36 : Dan 7:2; 8:8; Rev 7:1
- Jeremiah 49:36 : Jer 49:32; Ezek 5:10; Amos 9:9
- Jeremiah 49:37 : Jer 6:19
- Jeremiah 49:37 : Jer 30:24
- Jeremiah 49:37 : Jer 9:16; 48:2
- Jeremiah 49:39 : Jer 48:47
