49:1 CONCERNING THE SONS OF AMMON thus saith
the Lord, Are there no sons in Israel? or have they no one to succeed
[them]? wherefore has Melchol inherited Galaad, and why shall their people
dwell in their cities?
49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will cause to
be heard in Rabbath a tumult of wars; and they shall become a waste and
ruined place, and her altars shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel
succeed to his dominion.
49:3 Howl, O Esebon, for Gai has perished; cry, ye daughters of Rabbath,
gird yourselves with sack-clothes, and lament; for Melchol shall go into
banishment, his priests and his princes together.
49:4 Why do ye exult in the plains of the Enakim, thou haughty daughter,
that trustest in [thy] treasures, that sayest, Who shall come in to me?
49:5 Behold, I [will] bring terror upon thee, saith the Lord, from all the
country round about thee; and ye shall be scattered every one right before
him, and there is none to gather you.
49:6
49:7 CONCERNING IDUMEA, thus saith the Lord; There is no longer wisdom in
Thaeman, counsel has perished from the wise ones, their wisdom is gone,
49:8 their place has been deceived. Dig deep for a dwelling, ye that inhabit
Daedam, for he has wrought grievously: I brought trouble upon him in the
time at which I visited him.
49:9 For grape-gatherers are come, who shall not leave thee a remnant; as
thieves by night, they shall lay their hand upon [thy possessions].
49:10 For I have stripped Esau, I have uncovered their secret places; they
shall have no power to hide themselves, they have perished [each] by the
hand of his brother, my neighbour, and it is impossible
49:11 for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the
widows trust in me.
49:12 For thus saith the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup
have drunk [it]; and thou shalt by no means be cleared:
49:13 for by myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, that thou shalt be in the
midst of her an impassable [land], and a reproach, and a curse; and all her
cities shall be desert for ever.
49:14 I have heard a report from the lord, and he has sent messengers to the
nations, [saying,] Assemble yourselves, and come against her; rise ye up to
war.
49:15 I have made thee small among the nations, utterly contemptible among
men.
49:16 Thine insolence has risen up against thee, the fierceness of thine
heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a
lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high: thence will I bring
thee down.
49:17 And Idumea shall be a desert: every one that passes by shall hiss at
it.
49:18 As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha and they that sojourned in her,
saith the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man
inhabit there.
49:19 Behold, he shall come up as a lion out of the midst of Jordan to the
place of Aetham: for I will speedily drive them from it, and do ye set the
young men against her: for who is like me? and who will withstand me? and
who [is] this shepherd, who shall confront me?
49:20 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord which he has framed against
Idumea; and his device, which he has devised against the inhabitants of
Thaeman: surely the least of the sheep shall be swept off; surely their
dwelling shall be made desolate for them.
49:21 For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of
the sea was not heard.
49:22 Behold, he shall look [upon her] as an eagle, and spread forth [his]
wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Idumea shall
be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
49:23 CONCERNING DAMASCUS. Emath is brought to shame, and Arphath: for they
have heard an evil report: they are amazed, they are angry, they shall be
utterly unable to rest.
49:24 Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has
seized upon her.
49:25 How has she not left my city, they have loved the village?
49:26 Therefore shall the young men fall in thy streets, and all thy
warriors shall fall, saith the Lord.
49:27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour
the streets of the son of Ader.
49:28 CONCERNING KEDAR THE QUEEN OF THE PALACE, WHOM NABUCHODONOSOR KING OF
BABYLON SMOTE, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, and go up to Kedar, and fill
the sons of Kedem.
49:29 They shall take their tents and their sheep, they shall take for
themselves their garments, and all their baggage and their camels; and
summon ye destruction against them from every side.
49:30 Flee ye, dig very deep for a dwelling-place, ye that dwell in the
palace; for the king of Babylon has framed a counsel, and devised a device
against you.
49:31 Rise up, and go up against a nation settled [and] dwelling at ease,
who have no doors, nor bolts, nor bars, [who] dwell alone.
49:32 And their camels shall be a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle
shall be destroyed: and I will scatter them as chaff with every wind, having
their hair cut about their foreheads, I will bring on their overthrow from
all sides, saith the Lord.
49:33 And the palace shall be a resting-place for ostriches, ad desolate for
ever: no man shall abide there, and no son of man shall dwell there.
49:34 THE PROPHECIES OF JEREMIAS AGAINST THE NATIONS OF AELAM.
49:35 Thus saith the Lord, The bow of Aelam is broken, [even] the chief of
their power.
49:36 And I will bring upon Aelam the four winds from the four corners of
heaven, and I will disperse them toward all these winds; and there shall be
no nation [to] which they shall not come-- [even] the outcasts of Aelam.
49:37 And I will put them in fear before their enemies that seek their life;
and I will bring evils upon them according to my great anger; and I will
send forth my sword after them, until I have utterly destroyed them.
49:38 And I will set my throne in Aelam, and will send forth thence king and
rulers.
49:39 But it shall come to pass at the end of days, that I will turn the
captivity of Aelam, saith the Lord. |
49:1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith
the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king
inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an
alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a
desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall
Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
49:3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird
you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king
shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
49:4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O
backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come
unto me?
49:5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts,
from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man
right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
49:6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon,
saith the LORD.
49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in
Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will
bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
49:9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning
grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
49:10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he
shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren,
and his neighbours, and he is not.
49:11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy
widows trust in me.
49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink
of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go
unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a
desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof
shall be perpetual wastes.
49:14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto
the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up
to the battle.
49:15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among
men.
49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O
thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the
hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring
thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be
astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of
man dwell in it.
49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan
against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away
from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is
like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that
will stand before me?
49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against
Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of
Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall
make their habitations desolate with them.
49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise
thereof was heard in the Red sea.
49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings
over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as
the heart of a woman in her pangs.
49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have
heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it
cannot be quiet.
49:24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath
seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
49:25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
49:26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of
war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
49:27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume
the palaces of Benhadad.
49:28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye,
go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to
themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they
shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
49:30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith
the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you,
and hath conceived a purpose against you.
49:31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care,
saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a
spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost
corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the
LORD.
49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever:
there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in
the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
49:35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
the chief of their might.
49:36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of
heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no
nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
49:37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before
them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce
anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have
consumed them:
49:38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the
king and the princes, saith the LORD.
49:39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again
the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. |