Jeremiah:49

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* Concerning the Ammonites , thus saith the LORD ; Hath Israel no sons ? hath he no heir ? why doth their king inherit Gad , and his people dwell in his cities ? (note :)Concerning : or , Against (:note )their king : or , Melcom * 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 to them that were his heirs , saith the LORD . * Wail , O Heshbon , for Ai is laid waste : cry , ye daughters of Rabbah , gird yourselves with sackcloth ; lament , and run to and fro by the hedges ; for their king shall go into captivity , his priests and his princes together . (note :)their king : or , Melcom (:note ) * Why gloriest thou in the valleys , thy flowing valley , O backsliding daughter ? that trusted in her treasures ,, Who shall come to me ? (note :)thy …: or , thy valley floweth away (:note ) * Behold , I will bring a fear upon thee , saith the Lord GOD of hosts , from all those that are about thee ; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth ; and none shall gather up him that wandereth . * And afterward I will bring again the captives of the children of Ammon , saith the LORD . * Concerning Edom , thus saith the LORD of hosts ; wisdom no more in Teman ? hath counsel perished from the prudent ? hath their wisdom vanished ? * Flee ye , turn back , dwell deep , O inhabitants of Dedan ; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him , the time I will punish him . (note :)turn …: or , they are turned back (:note ) * If grapegatherers come to thee , would they not leave gleaning grapes ? if thieves by night , they will destroy till they have enough . (note :)till …: Hebrews . their sufficiency (:note ) * But I have made Esau bare , I have uncovered his secret places , and he shall not be able to hide himself : his seed is laid waste , and his brethren , and his neighbours , and he not . * Leave thy fatherless children , I will preserve alive ; and let thy widows trust in me . * For thus saith the LORD ; Behold , they whose judgment not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk ; and thou he 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 a desolation , a reproach , a waste , and a curse ; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes . * I have heard a rumour from the LORD , and an ambassador is sent to the heathen ,, Gather ye together , and come against her , and rise up to the battle . * For , lo , I will make thee small among the heathen , despised among men . * Thy terribleness hath deceived thee , 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 there , saith the LORD . * Also Edom shall be a desolation : every one that goeth by it shall be astonished , and shall hiss at all its plagues . * As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbour , saith the LORD , no man shall abide there , neither shall a son of man dwell in it . * 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 a chosen I may appoint over her ? for who like me ? and who will appoint me the time ? and who that shepherd that will stand before me ? (note :)appoint me …: or , convent me in judgment ?(:note ) * 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 . * The earth is moved at the noise of their fall , at the cry the noise of it was heard in the Red sea . (note :)Red sea : Hebrews . Weedy sea (:note ) * 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 . * Concerning Damascus . Hamath is confounded , and Arpad : for they have heard evil tidings : they are fainthearted ; sorrow on the sea ; it cannot be quiet . (note :)fainthearted : Hebrews . melted (:note )on …: or , as on the sea * Damascus hath become feeble , turneth herself to flee , and fear hath seized on : anguish and sorrows have taken her , as a woman in travail . * How is the city of praise not left , the city of my joy ! * 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 . * And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus , and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad . * Concerning Kedar , and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor , which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall smite , thus saith the LORD ; Arise ye , go up to Kedar , and lay waste the men of the east . * 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 to them , Fear on every side . * Flee , go far off , dwell deep , O ye inhabitants of Hazor , saith the LORD ; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you , and hath conceived a purpose against you . (note :)get …: Hebrews . flit greatly (:note ) * Arise , go up to the wealthy nation , that dwelleth without care , saith the LORD , which have neither gates nor bars , dwell alone . (note :)wealthy : or , that is at ease (:note ) * And their camels shall be a booty , and the multitude of their cattle a spoil : and I will scatter into all winds them in the utmost corners ; and I will bring their calamity from all sides of it , saith the LORD . (note :)in …: Hebrews . cut off into corners , or , that have the corners of their hair polled (:note ) * And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons , a desolation for ever : there shall no man abide there , nor son of man dwell in it . * 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 , * Thus saith the LORD 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 quarters of heaven , and will scatter them toward all those winds ; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come . * 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 , 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 there the king and the princes , saith the LORD . * But it shall come to pass in the latter days , I will bring again the captives of Elam , saith the LORD .

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