Jeremiah:49

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* Of the children of Ammon . Thus saith the LORD : Hath Israel no sons ? Hath he no heir ? Why then doth Malcam take possession of Gad , and his people dwell in the cities thereof ? * Therefore , behold , the days come , saith the LORD , that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon ; and it shall become a desolate mound , and her daughters shall be burned with fire ; then shall Israel dispossess them that did dispossess him , saith the LORD . * Wail , O Heshbon , for Ai is undone ; cry , ye daughters of Rabbah , gird you with sackcloth ; lament , and run to and fro among the folds ; for Malcam shall go into captivity , his priests and his princes together . * Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys , thy flowing valley , O backsliding daughter ? that didst trust in thy treasures : 'Who shall come unto me ?' * Behold , I will bring a terror upon thee , saith the Lord GOD of hosts , from all that are round about thee ; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth , and there shall be none to gather up him that wandereth . * But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon , saith the LORD . * Of Edom . Thus saith the LORD of hosts : Is wisdom no more in Teman ? Is counsel perished from the prudent ? Is their wisdom vanished ? * Flee ye , turn back , dwell deep , O inhabitants of Dedan ; For I do bring the calamity of Esau upon him , the time that I shall punish him . * If grape-gatherers came to thee , would they not leave some gleaning grapes ? if thieves by night , would they not destroy till they had enough ? * 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 . * Leave thy fatherless children , I will rear them , and let thy widows trust in Me . * For thus saith the LORD : Behold , they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink ; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished ? thou shalt not go unpunished , but thou shalt surely drink . * For I have sworn by Myself , saith the LORD , 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 message from the LORD , and an ambassador is sent among the nations : 'Gather yourselves together , and come against her , and rise up to the battle .' * For , behold , I make thee small among the nations , and despised among men . * Thy terribleness hath deceived thee , even the pride of thy 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 . * And Edom shall become an astonishment ; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof . * As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof , saith the LORD , no man shall abide there , neither shall any son of man dwell therein . * Behold , he shall come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation ; for I will suddenly make him run away from it , and whoso is chosen , him will I appoint over it ; for who is like Me ? and who will appoint Me a time ? and who is that shepherd that will stand before Me ? * Therefore hear ye 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 drag them away , surely their habitation shall be appalled at them . * The earth quaketh at the noise of their fall ; there is a cry , the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea . * Behold , he shall come up and swoop down as the vulture , and spread out his wings against Bozrah ; and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs . * Of Damascus . Hamath is ashamed , and Arpad ; for they have heard evil tidings , they are melted away ; there is trouble in the sea ; it cannot be quiet . * Damascus is waxed feeble , she turneth herself to flee , and trembling hath seized on her ; anguish and pangs have taken hold of her , as of a woman in travail . * 'How is the city of praise left unrepaired , the city of my joy ?' * Therefore her young men shall fall in her broad places , and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day , saith the LORD of hosts . * And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus , and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad . * Of Kedar , and of the kingdoms of Hazor , which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote . Thus saith the LORD : Arise ye , go up against Kedar , and spoil the children of the east . * Their tents and their flocks shall they take , they shall carry away for themselves their curtains , and all their vessels , and their camels ; and they shall proclaim against them a terror on every side . * Flee ye , flit 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 . * Arise , get you up against a nation that is at ease , that dwelleth without care , saith the LORD ; that have neither gates nor bars , that dwell alone . * And their camels shall be a booty , and the multitude of their cattle a spoil ; and I will scatter unto all winds them that have the corners polled ; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them , saith the LORD . * And Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals , a desolation for ever ; no man shall abide there , neither shall any son of man dwell therein . * The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah , saying : * Thus saith the LORD of hosts : Behold , I will break the bow of Elam , the chief of their might . * And I will bring against Elam 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 dispersed 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 , even My fierce anger , saith the LORD ; 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 the LORD . * But it shall come to pass in the end of days , that I will bring back the captivity of Elam , saith the LORD .

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