The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah

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- Kapitel 49 -

About the people of Ammon, Yahweh says this, “Does Israel have no children? Is there no one to inherit anything in Israel? Why does Molech occupy Gad, and his people live in its cities?

So look, the days are coming-this is Yahweh’s declaration-when I will sound the signal for battle against Rabbah among the people of Ammon, so it will become a deserted heap and its daughters will light fires. For Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says Yahweh.

“Howl in lament, Heshbon, for Ai will be devastated! Shout out, daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth. Lament and run about in futility, for Molech is going into captivity, together with his priests and leaders.

Why are you proud of your strength? Your strength will flow away, faithless daughter, you who trust in your wealth. You say, ‘Who will come against me?’

See, I am about to bring terror on you-this is the declaration of Yahweh, the Lord of hosts-this terror will come from all those who surround you. Each one of you will be scattered before it. There will be no one to gather those running away.

But after this I will restore the fortunes of the people of Ammon-this is Yahweh’s declaration.”

Judgment on Edom

(Obadiah 1:1–14)

About Edom, Yahweh of hosts says this, “Is there no longer any wisdom to be found in Teman? Has good advice disappeared from those who have understanding? Has their wisdom become corrupted?

Flee! Turn back! Stay in holes in the ground, inhabitants of Dedan. For I am bringing the disaster of Esau on him at the time that I punish him.

If grape harvesters came to you, would they not leave a little bit behind? If thieves came in the night, would they not steal only as much as they wanted?

But I have stripped Esau bare. I have revealed his hiding places. So he will not be able to hide himself. His children, his brothers, and his neighbors are destroyed, and he is gone.

Leave your orphans behind. I will take care of their lives, and your widows can trust in me.”

For Yahweh says this, “See, those who did not deserve it must certainly drink some of the cup. Do you yourself think you will go without punishment? You will not, for you will certainly drink.

For I have sworn by myself-this is Yahweh’s declaration-that Bozrah will become a horror, a disgrace, a devastation, and an object for cursing. All of its cities will become devastations forever.

I have heard news from Yahweh, and a messenger has been sent out to the nations, ‘Gather together and attack her. Get ready for battle.’

“For see, I have made you small compared to the other nations, despised by people.

As for your fearsomeness, your heart’s pride has deceived you, inhabitants of places on the cliff, you who have occupied the highest hills so that you may make your nest high like an eagle. I will bring you down from there-this is Yahweh’s declaration.

Edom will become a horror to everyone passing by it. Every such person will tremble and hiss because all of its disasters.

Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors,” says Yahweh, “no one will live there; no person will stay there.

See, he will go up like a lion from the forests of the Jordan to the green pasturelands. For I will quickly make Edom run from it, and I will put someone who will be chosen in charge of it. For who is like me, and who will summon me? What shepherd is able to resist me?”

“So listen to the plans that Yahweh has decided against Edom, the plans that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman. They will certainly be dragged away, even the smallest flock. Their pasturelands will be turned into ruined places.

At the sound of their falling the earth shakes. The sound of distressed shouts is heard at the Sea of Reeds.

See, someone will attack like an eagle, and swoop down and spread his wings over Bozrah. Then on that day, the hearts of Edom’s soldiers will become like the heart of a woman in birth labor.”

Judgment on Damascus

(Isaiah 17:1–14)

About Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad will be ashamed, for they have heard news of disaster. They melt away! They become as troubled as the sea, which cannot stay calm.

Damascus has become very weak. It turns away to flee; terror seizes it. Distress and pain seize it, like the pain of a woman giving birth.

Its people say, ‘How is the famous city, the city over which I have rejoiced, not yet evacuated?’

Therefore, its young men will fall in its plazas, and all the fighting men will perish on that day-this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.”

“For I will light a fire on the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the strongholds of Ben Hadad.”

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, Yahweh says this to Nebuchadnezzar; now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon was going to attack these places: “Arise and attack Kedar and destroy those people of the east.

His army will take their tents and their flocks, their tent hangings, and all of their equipment. They will take their camels from the people of Kedar and call out to them, ’Terror is all around!”

Flee! Wander far away! Stay in holes in the ground, inhabitants of Hazor-this is Yahweh’s declaration-for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devised a plan against you. Flee! Turn back!

Arise! Attack the nation at ease, who live in safety,” says Yahweh. “They have no gates or bars in them, and its people live by themselves.

For their camels will become plunder, and the abundance of their property will become war plunder. Then I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring disaster on them from every side-this is Yahweh’s declaration.

Hazor will become a lair of jackals, a permanent wasteland. No one will live there; no human being will stay there.”

Judgment on Elam

This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam. This happened at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, and he said,

“Yahweh of hosts says this: See, I am about to break the bowmen of Elam, the main part of their power.

For I will bring the four winds from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter the people of Elam to all of those winds. There is no nation to which those scattered from Elam will not go.

So I will shatter Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their lives. For I will bring disaster against them, the fury of my wrath-this is Yahweh’s declaration-and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them.

Then I will put my throne in Elam and will destroy its king and leaders from there-this is Yahweh’s declaration-

and it will happen in later days that I will bring back the fortunes of Elam-this is Yahweh’s declaration.”

Of the children of Ammon. The LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in its cities?

Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and it will become a desolate heap, and her daughters will be burned with fire; then Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says the LORD.

“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourself in sackcloth. Lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam will go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come to me?’

Behold, I will bring a terror on you,” says the Lord, the LORD of Armies, “from all who are around you. All of you will be driven completely out, and there will be no one to gather together the fugitives.

“But afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon,” says the LORD.

Judgment on Edom

(Obadiah 1:1–14)

Of Edom, the LORD of Armies says: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

Flee! Turn back! Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him when I visit him.

If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves came by night, wouldn’t they steal until they had enough?

But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he will not be able to hide himself. His offspring is destroyed, with his brothers and his neighbors; and he is no more.

Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust in me.”

For the LORD says: “Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to drink of the cup will certainly drink; and are you he who will altogether go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished, but you will surely drink.

For I have sworn by myself,” says the LORD, “that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be perpetual wastes.”

I have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Gather yourselves together! Come against her! Rise up to the battle!”

“For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.

As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill, though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.

“Edom will become an astonishment. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and will hiss at all its plagues.

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says the LORD, “no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.

“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. For who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”

Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom, and his purposes that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they will drag them away, the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.

The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.

Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah. The heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Judgment on Damascus

(Isaiah 17:1–14)

Of Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard evil news. They have melted away. There is sorrow on the sea. It can’t be quiet.

Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized her. Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?

Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says the LORD of Armies.

“I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.”

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck, The LORD says: “Arise, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.

They will take their tents and their flocks. they will carry away for themselves their curtains, all their vessels, and their camels; and they will cry to them, ‘Terror on every side!’

Flee! Wander far off! Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says the LORD; “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.

Arise! Go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care,” says the LORD; “that has neither gates nor bars, that dwells alone.

Their camels will be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a plunder. I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them,” says the LORD.

Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever. No man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.”

Judgment on Elam

The LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

“The LORD of Armies says: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds. There will be no nation where the outcasts of Elam will not come.

I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life. I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.

I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says the LORD.

‘But it will happen in the latter days that I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says the LORD.”