Jer 49 | NASB1995 | STEP | Concerning the sons of Ammon . Thus says the Lord : “ 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 ?

Jeremiah 49

Prophecy against Ammon

1 Concerning the sons of ^aAmmon. Thus says the Lord: “Does Israel have no sons?
Or has he no heirs?
Why then has ^{▼▼ In 1 Kin 11:5, 33 and Zep.1.5, Milcom}Malcam taken possession of Gad
And his people settled in its cities?
2 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“That I will cause a ^{▼▼ Or shout of
,} ^dtrumpet blast of war to be heard
Against ^eRabbah of the sons of Ammon;
And it will become a desolate heap,
And her ^ftowns will be set on fire.
Then Israel will take ^gpossession of his possessors,”
Says the Lord.
3 “Wail, O ^hHeshbon, for ⁱAi has been destroyed!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,
^jGird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,
And rush back and forth inside the walls;
For ^{▼▼ Cf v 1}Malcam will ^lgo into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.
4 “How ^mboastful you are about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
O ⁿbacksliding daughter
Who trusts in her ^otreasures, saying,
‘ ^pWho will come against me?’
5 “Behold, I am going to bring ^qterror upon you,”
Declares the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of hosts,
“From all directions around you;
And each of you will be ^sdriven out ^{▼▼ Lit before him}headlong,
With no one to gather the ^ufugitives together.
6 “But afterward I will ^vrestore
The ^{▼▼ Or captivity}fortunes of the sons of Ammon,”
Declares the Lord.

Prophecy against Edom

7 Concerning ^xEdom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any ^ywisdom in ^zTeman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
8 “Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of ^aaDedan,
For I ^{▼▼ Or brought}will bring the ^acdisaster of Esau upon him
At the time I ^{▼▼ Or punished}punish him.
9 ^ae“If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
They would destroy only ^{▼▼ Lit their sufficiency}until they had enough.
10 “But I have ^agstripped Esau bare,
I have uncovered his hiding places
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His ^{▼▼ Lit seed}offspring has been destroyed along with his ^{▼▼ Lit brothers}relatives
And his neighbors, and ^ajhe is no more.
11 “Leave your ^{▼▼ Or fatherless
,} ^alorphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your ^amwidows trust in Me.”

12 For thus says the Lord, “Behold, those ^{▼▼ Lit whose judgment was not to}who were not sentenced to drink the ^aocup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be ^apcompletely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it. 13 “For I have ^aqsworn by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that ^arBozrah will become an ^asobject of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.” 14 I have ^atheard a message from the Lord,
And an ^auenvoy is sent among the nations, saying,
^av“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 men.
16 “As for the terror of you,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of ^{▼▼ Or Sela}the ^axrock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as ^ayhigh as an eagle’s,
I will ^azbring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

17 “Edom will become an ^baobject of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will ^bbhiss at all its wounds. 18 “Like the ^bcoverthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, ^bd“no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it. 19 ^be“Behold, one will come up like a lion from the ^{▼▼ Lit pride
,} ^bgthickets of the Jordan against ^{▼▼ Or an enduring habitation}a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is ^bichosen I shall appoint over it. For who is ^bjlike Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd ^bkwho can stand against Me?”

20 Therefore hear the ^blplan of the Lord which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their ^{▼▼ Or habitation}pasture ^bndesolate because of them. 21 The ^boearth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the ^{▼▼ Lit Sea of Reeds}Red Sea. 22 Behold, ^{▼▼ Or one}He will mount up and ^brswoop like an eagle and spread out His wings ^{▼▼ Or over}against Bozrah; and the ^bthearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Prophecy against Damascus

23 Concerning ^buDamascus.
^bv“Hamath and ^bwArpad are put to shame,
For they have heard bad news;
They are ^bxdisheartened.
There is anxiety by the sea,
It ^bycannot be calmed.
24 “Damascus has become helpless;
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has gripped her;
^bzDistress and pangs have taken hold of her
Like a woman in childbirth.
25 “How ^{▼▼ Or deserted is the city of praise}the ^cbcity of praise has not been deserted,
The town of My joy!
26 “Therefore, her ^ccyoung men will fall in her streets,
And all the men of war will be ^{▼▼ Or destroyed}silenced in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts.
27 “I will ^ceset fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will devour the ^{▼▼ Or palaces}fortified towers of ^cgBen-hadad.”

Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning ^chKedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Lord, “Arise, go up to Kedar
And devastate the ^{▼▼ Lit sons
,} ^cjmen of the east.
29 “They will take away their tents and their flocks;
They will carry off for themselves
Their tent ^ckcurtains, all their goods and their ^clcamels,
And they will call out to one another, ‘ ^cmTerror on every side!’
30 “Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the Lord;
“For ^cnNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you
And devised a scheme against you.
31 “Arise, go up against a nation which is ^coat ease,
Which lives securely,” declares the Lord.
“It has ^cpno gates or bars;
They ^cqdwell alone.
32 “Their camels will become plunder,
And their many cattle for booty,
And I will ^crscatter to all the winds those who ^cscut the corners of their hair;
And I will bring their disaster from every side,” declares the Lord.
33 “Hazor will become a ^cthaunt of jackals,
A desolation forever;
No one will live there,
Nor will a son of man reside in it.”

Prophecy against Elam

34 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet concerning ^cuElam, ^cvat the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying: 35 “Thus says the Lord of hosts,
‘Behold, I am going to ^cwbreak the bow of Elam,
The ^{▼▼ Lit first}finest of their might.
36 ‘I will bring upon Elam the ^cyfour winds
From the four ends of heaven,
And will ^czscatter them to all these winds;
And there will be no nation
To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.
37 ‘So I will ^{▼▼ Or dismay}shatter Elam before their enemies
And before those who seek their lives;
And I will ^dbbring calamity upon them,
Even My ^dcfierce anger,’ declares the Lord,
‘And I will ^ddsend out the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
38 ‘Then I will set My throne in Elam
And destroy ^{▼▼ Or from there}out of it king and princes,’
Declares the Lord.
39 ‘But it will come about in the last days
That I will ^dfrestore the ^{▼▼ Or captivity}fortunes of Elam,’”
Declares the Lord.