Jeremiah:49
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Concerning the Ammonites ,
thus says the LORD ;
Has Israel no sons ?
has he no heir ?
why then does their king inherit Gad ,
and his people dwell in his cities ?
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Therefore ,
behold ,
the days come ,
says 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 ,
says the LORD .
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Wail ,
O Heshbon ,
for Ai is spoiled :
cry ,
all of you daughters of Rabbah ,
gird you with sackcloth ;
lament ,
and run back and forth by the hedges ;
for their king shall go into captivity ,
and his priests and his princes together .
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Wherefore glory you in the valleys ,
your flowing valley ,
O backsliding daughter ?
that trusted in her treasures ,
saying ,
Who shall come unto me ?
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Behold ,
I will bring a fear upon you ,
says the Lord GOD of hosts ,
from all those that be about you ;
and all of you shall be driven out every man right forth ;
and none shall gather up him that wanders .
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And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon ,
says the LORD .
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Concerning Edom ,
thus says the LORD of hosts ;
Is wisdom no more in Teman ?
is counsel perished from the prudent ?
is their wisdom vanished ?
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Flee all of you ,
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 .
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If grape-gatherers come to you ,
would they not leave some gleaning grapes ?
if thieves by night ,
they will destroy till they have enough .
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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 .
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Leave your fatherless children ,
I will preserve them alive ;
and let your widows trust in me .
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For thus says the LORD ;
Behold ,
they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken ;
and are you he that shall altogether go unpunished ?
you shall not go unpunished ,
but you shall surely drink of it .
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For I have sworn by myself ,
says the LORD ,
that Bozrah shall become a desolation ,
a reproach ,
a waste ,
and a curse ;
and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes .
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I have heard a rumour from the LORD ,
and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen ,
saying ,
Gather all of you together ,
and come against her ,
and rise up to the battle .
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For ,
lo ,
I will make you small among the heathen ,
and despised among men .
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Your terribleness has deceived you ,
and the pride of yours heart ,
O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock ,
that hold the height of the hill :
though you should make your nest as high as the eagle ,
I will bring you down from thence ,
says the LORD .
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Also Edom shall be a desolation :
every one that goes by it shall be astonished ,
and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof .
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As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof ,
says the LORD ,
no man shall abide there ,
neither shall a son of man dwell in it .
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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 ?
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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 the least of the flock shall draw them out :
surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them .
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The earth is moved at the noise of their fall ,
at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea .
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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 .
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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 .
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Damascus is waxed feeble ,
and turns herself to flee ,
and fear has seized on her :
anguish and sorrows have taken her ,
as a woman in travail .
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How is the city of praise not left ,
the city of my joy !
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Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets ,
and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day ,
says the LORD of hosts .
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And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus ,
and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad .
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Concerning Kedar ,
and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor ,
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall strike ,
thus says the LORD ;
Arise all of you ,
go up to Kedar ,
and spoil the men of the east .
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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 .
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Flee ,
get you far off ,
dwell deep ,
O all of you inhabitants of Hazor ,
says the LORD ;
for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you ,
and has conceived a purpose against you .
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Arise ,
get you up unto the wealthy nation ,
that dwells without care ,
says the LORD ,
which have neither gates nor bars ,
which dwell alone .
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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 ,
says the LORD .
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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 .
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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 ,
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Thus says the LORD of hosts ;
Behold ,
I will break the bow of Elam ,
the chief of their might .
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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 .
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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 ,
says the LORD ;
and I will send the sword after them ,
till I have consumed them :
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And I will set my throne in Elam ,
and will destroy from thence the king and the princes ,
says the LORD .
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But it shall come to pass in the latter days ,
that I will bring again the captivity of Elam ,
says the LORD .