Jer 49:1-22 | ESV | STEP | Concerning the Ammonites . Thus says the Lord : Has Israel no sons ? Has he no heir ? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad , and his people settled in its cities ?

1 ^aConcerning the Ammonites.

Thus says the Lord:

“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has ^bMilcom ^cdispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its cities?
2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will cause ^dthe battle cry to be heard
against ^eRabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate ^fmound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the Lord.
3 “Wail, O ^gHeshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters of ^hRabbah!
ⁱPut on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For ^jMilcom shall go into exile,
^kwith his priests and his officials.
4 Why do you boast of your valleys, ^{▼▼Hebrew boast of your valleys, your valley flows}
^mO faithless daughter,
ⁿwho trusted in her treasures, saying,
‘Who will come against me?’
5 Behold, ^oI 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 ^pafterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord.”

Judgment on Edom

7 Concerning ^qEdom.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

^r“Is wisdom no more in ^sTeman?
^tHas counsel perished from the prudent?
^uHas their wisdom vanished?
8 ^vFlee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of ^wDedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
^xthe time when I punish him.
9 ^yIf grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave ^zgleanings?
^aaIf thieves came by night,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
10 ^abBut I have stripped Esau bare;
^acI have uncovered his hiding places,
and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
and his neighbors; and ^adhe is no more.
11 ^aeLeave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;
^afand let your widows trust in me.”
12 For thus says the Lord: ^ag“If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, ^ahwill you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. 13 ^aiFor I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that ^ajBozrah shall become ^aka horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

14 ^alI have heard a message from the Lord,
and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
^am“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
and rise up for battle!
15 For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among mankind.
16 The 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 ^aomake your nest as high as the eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,

declares the Lord.
17 ^ap“Edom shall become a horror. ^aqEveryone who passes by it will be horrified ^arand will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 ^asAs when Sodom and Gomorrah and their ^atneighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, ^auno man shall dwell there, ^avno man shall sojourn in her. 19 ^awBehold, ^axlike a lion coming up from ^aythe 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. ^baFor who is like me? ^bbWho will summon me? ^bcWhat shepherd can stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against ^bdEdom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of ^beTeman: ^bfEven the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21 At the sound of their fall ^bgthe earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. 22 Behold, ^bhone shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against ^biBozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart ^bjof a woman in her birth pains.”