Jeremiah:49
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Concerning the Ammonites .
Thus says the LORD : "
Has Israel no sons ?
Has he no heir ?
Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad ,
and his people settled in its cities ?
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Therefore ,
behold ,
the days are coming ,
says the LORD ,
when I will cause the battle cry to be heard against Rabbah of the Ammonites ;
it shall become a desolate mound ,
and its villages shall be burned with fire ;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him ,
says the LORD .
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Wail ,
O Heshbon ,
for Ai is laid waste !
Cry ,
O daughters of Rabbah !
Gird yourselves with sackcloth ,
lament ,
and run to and fro among the hedges !
For Milcom shall go into exile ,
with his priests and his princes .
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Why do you boast of your valleys ,
O faithless daughter ,
who trusted in her treasures ,
saying , `
Who will come against me ?'
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Behold ,
I will bring terror upon you ,
says the Lord GOD of hosts ,
from all who are round about you ,
and you shall be driven out ,
every man straight before him ,
with none to gather the fugitives .
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But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites ,
says the LORD ."
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Concerning Edom .
Thus says the LORD of hosts : "
Is wisdom no more in Teman ?
Has counsel perished from the prudent ?
Has their wisdom vanished ?
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Flee ,
turn back ,
dwell in the depths ,
O inhabitants of Dedan !
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him ,
the time when I punish him .
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If grape-gatherers came to you ,
would they not leave gleanings ?
If thieves came by night ,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves ?
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But I have stripped Esau bare ,
I have uncovered his hiding places ,
and he is not able to conceal himself .
His children are destroyed ,
and his brothers ,
and his neighbors ;
and he is no more .
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Leave your fatherless children ,
I will keep them alive ;
and let your widows trust in me ."
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For thus says the LORD : "
If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it ,
will you go unpunished ?
You shall not go unpunished ,
but you must drink .
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For I have sworn by myself ,
says the LORD ,
that Bozrah shall become a horror ,
a taunt ,
a waste ,
and a curse ;
and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes ."
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I have heard tidings from the LORD ,
and a messenger has been sent among the nations : "
Gather yourselves together and come against her ,
and rise up for battle !"
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For behold ,
I will make you small among the nations ,
despised among men .
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The horror you inspire has deceived you ,
and the pride of your heart ,
you who live in the clefts of the rock ,
who hold the height of the hill .
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle '
s ,
I will bring you down from there ,
says the LORD .
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Edom shall become a horror ;
every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters .
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As when Sodom and Gomor '
rah and their neighbor cities were overthrown ,
says the LORD ,
no man shall dwell there ,
no man shall sojourn in her .
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Behold ,
like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a strong sheepfold ,
I will suddenly make them run away from her ;
and I will appoint over her whomever I choose .
For who is like me ?
Who will summon me ?
What shepherd can stand before me ?
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Therefore hear the plan which the LORD has made against Edom and the purposes which he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman :
Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away ;
surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate .
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At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble ;
the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea .
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Behold ,
one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle ,
and spread his wings against Bozrah ,
and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her pangs ."
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Concerning Damascus . "
Hamath and Arpad are confounded ,
for they have heard evil tidings ;
they melt in fear ,
they are troubled like the sea which cannot be quiet .
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Damascus has become feeble ,
she turned to flee ,
and panic seized her ;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her ,
as of a woman in travail .
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How the famous city is forsaken ,
the joyful city !
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Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares ,
and all her soldiers shall be destroyed 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 devour the strongholds of Ben-ha '
dad ."
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Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadrez '
zar king of Babylon smote .
Thus says the LORD : "
Rise up ,
advance against Kedar !
Destroy the people of the east !
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Their tents and their flocks shall be taken ,
their curtains and all their goods ;
their camels shall be borne away from them ,
and men shall cry to them : `
Terror on every side !'
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Flee ,
wander far away ,
dwell in the depths ,
O inhabitants of Hazor !
says the LORD .
For Nebuchadrez '
zar king of Babylon has made a plan against you ,
and formed a purpose against you .
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Rise up ,
advance against a nation at ease ,
that dwells securely ,
says the LORD ,
that has no gates or bars ,
that dwells alone .
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Their camels shall become booty ,
their herds of cattle a spoil .
I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair ,
and I will bring their calamity from every side of them ,
says the LORD .
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Hazor shall become a haunt of jackals ,
an everlasting waste ;
no man shall dwell there ,
no man shall sojourn in her ."
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam ,
in the beginning of the reign of Zedeki '
ah king of Judah .
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Thus says the LORD of hosts : "
Behold ,
I will break the bow of Elam ,
the mainstay of their might ;
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and I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven ;
and I will scatter them to all those winds ,
and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of Elam shall not come .
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I will terrify Elam before their enemies ,
and before those who seek their life ;
I will bring evil upon them ,
my fierce anger ,
says the LORD .
I will send the sword after them ,
until I have consumed them ;
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and I will set my throne in Elam ,
and destroy their king and princes ,
says the LORD .
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But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam ,
says the LORD ."
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