Jeremiah:49

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* Concerning the children of Ammon . Thus saith Jehovah : Hath Israel no sons ? hath he no heir ? Why is Malcam heir of Gad , and his people dwell in the cities thereof ? * Therefore behold , days come , saith Jehovah , that I will cause the clamour of war to be heard in Rabbah of the children of Ammon ; and it shall be a desolate heap ; and her towns shall be burned with fire ; and Israel shall possess them that possessed him , saith Jehovah . * Howl , Heshbon ! for Ai is laid waste ; cry , daughters of Rabbah , gird you with sackcloth , lament and run to and fro within the enclosures : for Malcam shall go into captivity , his priests and his princes together . * Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys ? Thy valley shall flow down , O backsliding daughter , that trusteth in her treasures , [saying ,] Who shall come against me ? * Behold , I will bring a fear upon thee , saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts , from all that are about thee ; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth ; and none shall assemble the fugitives . * And afterwards I will turn the captivity of the children of Ammon , saith Jehovah . * Concerning Edom . Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Is there no more wisdom in Teman ? is counsel perished from the prudent ? is their wisdom spent ? * Flee , turn back , dwell deep down , ye inhabitants of Dedan ! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him , the time that I visit him . * If grape-gatherers had come to thee , would they not have left a gleaning ? If thieves by night , they would destroy only till they had enough . * But I have made Esau bare , I have uncovered his secret places , that he is unable to hide himself : his seed is wasted , and his brethren , and his neighbours , and he is not . * Leave thine orphans , I will preserve them alive ; and let thy widows trust in me . * For thus saith Jehovah : Behold , they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink ; and thou indeed , shouldest thou be altogether unpunished ? Thou shalt not go unpunished , but thou shalt surely drink . * For I have sworn by myself , saith Jehovah , that Bozrah shall become an astonishment , a reproach , a waste , and a curse ; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes . * I have heard a rumour from Jehovah , and an ambassador is sent among the nations : -- Gather yourselves together , and come against her and rise up for the battle . * For behold , I have made thee small among the nations , despised among men . * Thy terribleness , the pride of thy heart , hath deceived thee , thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock , that holdest the height of the hill . Though thou shouldest make thy nest high as the eagle , I will bring thee down from thence , saith Jehovah . * And Edom shall be an astonishment : every one that goeth by it shall be astonished , and shall hiss , because of all the plagues thereof . * As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah , and their neighbour cities , saith Jehovah , no one shall dwell there , neither shall a son of man sojourn therein . * Behold , he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong habitation ; for I will make them suddenly run away from it ; and who is a chosen [man ] whom I shall appoint over her ? For who is like me ? and who will assign me a time ? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me ? * Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah , which he hath taken against Edom , and his purposes which he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman : The little ones of the flock shall certainly draw them away ; he shall certainly make their habitation desolate for them . * The earth quaketh at the sound of their fall ; there is a cry , the sound whereof is heard in the Red sea . * Behold , he shall come up , and fly as an eagle , and spread forth his wings against Bozrah ; and at that day the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs . * Concerning Damascus . Hamath is put to shame , and Arpad ; for they have heard evil tidings , they are melted away : there is distress on the sea ; it cannot be quiet . * Damascus is grown feeble : she turneth herself to flee , and terror hath seized on her ; trouble and sorrows have taken hold of her as of a woman in travail . * How is not the town of praise forsaken , the city of my joy ! * Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets , and all the men of war be cut off in that day , saith Jehovah of hosts . * And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus , and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad . * Concerning Kedar , and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor , which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote . Thus saith Jehovah : Arise , go up to Kedar , and spoil the men of the east . * Their tents and their flocks shall they take ; their curtains and all their vessels , and their camels , shall they carry away for themselves ; and they shall cry unto them , Terror on every side ! * Flee , wander very far , dwell deep down , ye inhabitants of Hazor , saith Jehovah ; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you , and hath conceived a purpose against you . * Arise , get you up against the nation at ease , that dwelleth securely , saith Jehovah , which hath neither gates nor bars : they dwell alone . * And their camels shall be a booty , and the multitude of their cattle a spoil ; and I will scatter to every wind them that have the corners [of their beard ] cut off , and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof , saith Jehovah . * And Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals , a desolation for ever . No one shall dwell there , neither shall a son of man sojourn therein . * The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam , in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah , saying , * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts : Behold , I will break the bow of Elam , the chief of their might . * And upon Elam will I bring the four winds , from the four ends of the heavens , and I will scatter them toward all those winds ; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come . * And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies , and before them that seek their life ; and I will bring evil upon them , my fierce anger , saith Jehovah ; and I will send the sword after them , till I have consumed them . * And I will set my throne in Elam , and will destroy from thence king and princes , saith Jehovah . * But it shall come to pass at the end of the days , I will turn the captivity of Elam , saith Jehovah .

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