t[See ver. 11 above]
ab[See ver. 15 above]
an[See ver. 20 above]
bl[See ver. 2 above]
cg[See ver. 9 above]
ds[See ver. 23 above]
du[See ver. 22 above]
dy[See ver. 23 above]
ei[See ver. 28 above]
ev[See ver. 34 above]
ew[See ver. 34 above]
ex[See ver. 34 above]
ez[See ver. 34 above]
fc[See ver. 34 above]
fe[See ver. 34 above]

Jeremiah 22

1Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word, 2and say, aHear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates. 3Thus says the Lord: bDo justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And cdo no wrong or violence dto the resident alien, ethe fatherless, and the widow, nor fshed innocent blood in this place. 4For if you will indeed obey this word, gthen there shall enter the gates of this house kings who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants and their people. 5But if you will not obey these words, I hswear by myself, declares the Lord, that ithis house shall become a desolation. 6For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah:

“‘You are like Gilead to me,
like the summit of jLebanon,
yet surely I will make you a desert,
kan uninhabited city.
Hebrew cities

7 mI will prepare destroyers against you,
each with his weapons,
nand they shall cut down your choicest cedars
and cast them into the fire.
8“‘And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor, oWhy has the Lord dealt thus with this great city?” 9 pAnd they will answer, “Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them.”’”

10 qWeep not for him who is dead,
nor grieve for him,
rbut weep bitterly for him who goes away,
for he shall return no more
to see his native land.

Message to the Sons of Josiah

11For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and swho went away from this place: “He shall return here no more, 12but tin the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again.”

13 uWoe to him who builds his house by vunrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
wwho makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
14who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
with spacious upper rooms,’
who cuts out windows for it,
paneling it with cedar
and xpainting it with vermilion.
15Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and ydo justice and righteousness?
zThen it was well with him.
16 aaHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
abthen it was well.
Is not this acto know me?
declares the Lord.
17But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
adfor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
18Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

ae“They shall not lament for him, saying,
afAh, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
agAh, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
19With the burial of a donkey ahhe shall be buried,
dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
20 “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
and lift up your voice in Bashan;
cry out from aiAbarim,
for all ajyour lovers are destroyed.
21I spoke to you in your prosperity,
but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
akThis has been your way from alyour youth,
that you have not obeyed my voice.
22 amThe wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
and anyour lovers shall go into captivity;
aothen you will be ashamed and confounded
because of all your evil.
23O inhabitant of apLebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
aqpain as of a woman in labor!”
24 ar“As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were asthe signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off 25and atgive you auinto the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26 avI will hurl you and awthe mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born, and there you shall die. 27But to the land to which they will long to return, there they shall not return.”

28 Is this man axConiah a despised, broken pot,
a ayvessel no one cares for?
Why are he and his children hurled and cast
into a azland that they do not know?
29 baO land, land, land,
hear the word of the Lord!
30Thus says the Lord:
Write this man down as bbchildless,
a man who shall not succeed in his days,
bcfor none of his offspring shall succeed
bdin sitting on the throne of David
and ruling again in Judah.”

Jeremiah 49

Judgment on Ammon

1 beConcerning the Ammonites.

Thus says the Lord:

“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has bfMilcom bgdispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its cities?
2Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will cause bhthe battle cry to be heard
against biRabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate bjmound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the Lord.
3 Wail, O bkHeshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters of blRabbah!
bmPut on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For bnMilcom shall go into exile,
bowith his priests and his officials.
4Why do you boast of your valleys,
Hebrew  boast of your valleys, your valley flows

bqO faithless daughter,
brwho trusted in her treasures, saying,
Who will come against me?’
5Behold, bsI will bring terror upon you,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
from all who are around you,
and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him,
with none to gather the fugitives.
6“But btafterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord.”

Judgment on Edom

7Concerning buEdom.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

bv“Is wisdom no more in bwTeman?
bxHas counsel perished from the prudent?
byHas their wisdom vanished?
8 bzFlee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of caDedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
cbthe time when I punish him.
9 ccIf grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave cdgleanings?
ceIf thieves came by night,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
10 cfBut I have stripped Esau bare;
cgI have uncovered his hiding places,
and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
and his neighbors; and chhe is no more.
11 ciLeave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;
cjand let your widows trust in me.”
12For thus says the Lord: ckIf those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, clwill you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. 13 cmFor I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that cnBozrah shall become coa horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

14 cpI have heard a message from the Lord,
and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
cq“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
and rise up for battle!
15For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among mankind.
16The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,
Or  of Sela

who hold the height of the hill.
Though you csmake your nest as high as the eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,

declares the Lord.
17 ctEdom shall become a horror. cuEveryone who passes by it will be horrified cvand will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 cwAs when Sodom and Gomorrah and their cxneighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, cyno man shall dwell there, czno man shall sojourn in her. 19 daBehold, dblike a lion coming up from dcthe jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him
Septuagint, Syriac them
run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. deFor who is like me? dfWho will summon me? dgWhat shepherd can stand before me?
20Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against dhEdom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of diTeman: djEven the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21At the sound of their fall dkthe earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. 22Behold, dlone shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against dmBozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart dnof a woman in her birth pains.”

Judgment on Damascus

23Concerning doDamascus:

dpHamath and dqArpad are confounded,
for they have heard bad news;
they melt in fear,
drthey are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
24 dsDamascus has become feeble, dtshe turned to flee,
and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as duof a woman in labor.
25How is dvthe famous city not forsaken,
the city of my joy?
26 dwTherefore her young men shall fall in her squares,
and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,

declares the Lord of hosts.
27And dxI will kindle a fire in the wall of dyDamascus,
and it shall devour the strongholds of dzBen-hadad.”

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

28Concerning eaKedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down.

Thus says the Lord:
eb“Rise up, advance against ecKedar!
Destroy edthe people of the east!
29 eeTheir tents and their flocks shall be taken,
their efcurtains and all their goods;
their camels shall be led away from them,
and men shall cry to them: egTerror on every side!’
30 ehFlee, wander far away, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor!

declares the Lord.
For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has made a plan against you
and formed a purpose against you.
31 ei“Rise up, advance against a nation ejat ease,
ekthat dwells securely,

declares the Lord,
elthat has no gates or bars,
that dwells alone.
32 emTheir camels shall become plunder,
their herds of livestock a spoil.
enI will scatter to every wind
eothose who cut the corners of their hair,
and I will bring their calamity
from every side of them,

declares the Lord.
33Hazor shall become epa haunt of jackals,
an everlasting waste;
eqno man shall dwell there;
erno man shall sojourn in her.”

Judgment on Elam

34The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning esElam, in the beginning of the reign of etZedekiah king of Judah.

35Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will break euthe bow of evElam, the mainstay of their might. 36And I will bring upon ewElam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. And I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of exElam shall not come. 37I will eyterrify ezElam before their enemies and before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, famy fierce anger, declares the Lord. fbI will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them, 38and I will set my throne in fcElam and destroy their king and officials, declares the Lord.

39“But in the latter days fdI will restore the fortunes of feElam, declares the Lord.”

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