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Jeremiah 44-49
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 44-49
English Standard Version
Judgment for Idolatry
44 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at (A)Migdol, at (B)Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of (C)Pathros, 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day (D)they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them, 3 because of the evil that they committed, (E)provoking me to anger, (F)in that they went to make offerings (G)and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. 4 (H)Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ 5 (I)But they did not listen (J)or incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods. 6 (K)Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, (L)and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day. 7 And now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil (M)against yourselves, to cut off from you (N)man and woman, (O)infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant? 8 (P)Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, (Q)making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become (R)a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, (S)the evil of the kings of Judah, (T)the evil of their[a] wives, your own evil, (U)and the evil of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They have not humbled themselves even to this day, (V)nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.
11 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (W)Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah. 12 I will take the remnant of Judah who have (X)set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. (Y)In the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine (Z)they shall be consumed. (AA)From the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, (AB)and they shall become an oath, a horror, (AC)a curse, and a taunt. 13 (AD)I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, 14 (AE)so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive (AF)or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, (AG)except some fugitives.”
15 Then all the men who knew that (AH)their wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in (AI)Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah: 16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, (AJ)we will not listen to you. 17 (AK)But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to (AL)the queen of heaven (AM)and pour out drink offerings to her, (AN)as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster. 18 But since we left off making offerings to (AO)the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything (AP)and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.” 19 And the women said,[b] “When we made offerings to the queen of heaven (AQ)and poured out drink offerings to her, was it (AR)without our husbands' approval that we made cakes for her bearing her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, (AS)men and women, all the people who had given him this answer: 21 (AT)“As for the offerings that you offered in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your officials, and the people of the land, (AU)did not the Lord remember them? Did it not come into his mind? 22 (AV)The Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and (AW)the abominations that you committed. (AX)Therefore your land has become (AY)a desolation and a waste and a curse, (AZ)without inhabitant, as it is this day. 23 It is because you made offerings (BA)and because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies (BB)that this disaster has happened to you, as at this day.”
24 Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, (BC)all you of Judah who are in the land of Egypt. 25 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (BD)You and your wives have declared with your mouths, and have fulfilled it with your hands, saying, ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made, (BE)to make offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Then confirm your vows and perform your vows! 26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, (BF)all you of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: (BG)Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, (BH)that my name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, (BI)saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’ 27 (BJ)Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. (BK)All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them. 28 (BL)And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, (BM)few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, (BN)shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs. 29 This shall be the sign to you, declares the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that (BO)my words will surely stand against you for harm: 30 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give (BP)Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies (BQ)and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave (BR)Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.”
Message to Baruch
45 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to (BS)Baruch the son of Neriah, (BT)when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, (BU)in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: 3 You said, (BV)‘Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain. (BW)I am weary with my groaning, (BX)and I find no rest.’ 4 Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: (BY)Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land. 5 And (BZ)do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, (CA)I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you (CB)your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”
Judgment on Egypt
46 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet (CC)concerning the nations.
2 About Egypt. (CD)Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in (CE)the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
3 (CF)“Prepare buckler and shield,
and advance for battle!
4 (CG)Harness the horses;
mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
(CH)polish your spears,
put on your armor!
5 Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
and have turned backward.
Their (CI)warriors are beaten down
and have fled in haste;
(CJ)they look not back—
(CK)terror on every side!
declares the Lord.
6 “The swift cannot flee away,
nor the warrior escape;
(CL)in the north by the river Euphrates
(CM)they have stumbled and fallen.
7 “Who is this, (CN)rising like the Nile,
like rivers (CO)whose waters surge?
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
like rivers (CP)whose waters surge.
He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,
I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’
9 (CQ)Advance, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
men of Cush and (CR)Put who handle the shield,
(CS)men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
10 (CT)That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
(CU)a day of vengeance,
(CV)to avenge himself on his foes.
(CW)The sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds (CX)a sacrifice
(CY)in the north country (CZ)by the river Euphrates.
11 (DA)Go up to Gilead, and take (DB)balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
(DC)there is no healing for you.
12 The nations have heard of your shame,
and the earth is full of your cry;
(DD)for warrior has stumbled against warrior;
they have both fallen together.”
13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of (DE)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
14 “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in (DF)Migdol;
proclaim in (DG)Memphis and (DH)Tahpanhes;
say, (DI)‘Stand ready and be prepared,
for (DJ)the sword shall devour around you.’
15 Why are your mighty ones face down?
They do not stand[c]
because the Lord thrust them down.
16 He made many stumble, (DK)and they fell,
and they said one to another,
‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people
and to the land of our birth,
(DL)because of the sword of the oppressor.’
17 Call the name of (DM)Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
‘Noisy one who lets the hour go by.’
18 (DN)“As I live, declares the King,
(DO)whose name is the Lord of hosts,
like (DP)Tabor among the mountains
and like (DQ)Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
19 (DR)Prepare yourselves baggage for exile,
O (DS)inhabitants of Egypt!
For (DT)Memphis shall become a waste,
a ruin, (DU)without inhabitant.
20 “A beautiful (DV)heifer is Egypt,
but a biting fly (DW)from the north has come upon her.
21 Even her hired soldiers in her midst
are like (DX)fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
(DY)the time of their punishment.
22 “She makes (DZ)a sound like a serpent gliding away;
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
(EA)like those who fell trees.
23 (EB)They shall cut down her forest,
declares the Lord,
though it is impenetrable,
because (EC)they are more numerous than locusts;
they are without number.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
she shall be delivered into the hand of (ED)a people from the north.”
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon (EE)Amon of (EF)Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt (EG)and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 26 (EH)I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. (EI)Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited (EJ)as in the days of old, declares the Lord.
27 (EK)“But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and none shall make him afraid.
28 (EL)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
to which I have driven you,
but of you I will not make a full end.
(EM)I will discipline you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Judgment on the Philistines
47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet (EN)concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down (EO)Gaza.
2 “Thus says the Lord:
(EP)Behold, waters are rising (EQ)out of the north,
(ER)and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow (ES)the land and all that fills it,
the city and those who dwell in it.
Men shall cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
(ET)at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers (EU)look not back to their children,
so feeble are their hands,
4 because of the day that is coming to destroy
all (EV)the Philistines,
to cut off from (EW)Tyre and Sidon
every helper that remains.
For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
(EX)the remnant of the coastland of (EY)Caphtor.
5 (EZ)Baldness has come upon Gaza;
(FA)Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
(FB)how long will you gash yourselves?
6 (FC)Ah, sword of the Lord!
How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
rest and be still!
7 How can it[d] be quiet
(FD)when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against (FE)Ashkelon and against the seashore
(FF)he has appointed it.”
Judgment on Moab
48 (FG)Concerning Moab.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Woe to (FH)Nebo, for it is laid waste!
(FI)Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame (FJ)and broken down;
2 the renown of Moab is no more.
In (FK)Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off (FL)from being a nation!’
You also, O (FM)Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.
3 “A voice! A cry from (FN)Horonaim,
‘Desolation and great destruction!’
4 Moab is destroyed;
her little ones have made a cry.
5 (FO)For at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping;[e]
for (FP)at the descent of Horonaim
they have heard the distressed cry[f] of destruction.
6 Flee! Save yourselves!
You will be like (FQ)a juniper in the desert!
7 For, (FR)because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and (FS)Chemosh (FT)shall go into exile
with (FU)his priests and his officials.
8 (FV)The destroyer shall come upon every city,
and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
and (FW)the plain shall be destroyed,
as the Lord has spoken.
9 “Give wings to Moab,
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.
10 (FX)“Cursed is he who does (FY)the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
11 “Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has (FZ)settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.
12 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his[g] jars in pieces. 13 Then (GA)Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as (GB)the house of Israel was ashamed of (GC)Bethel, their confidence.
14 “How do you say, ‘We are heroes
and mighty men of war’?
15 The destroyer of (GD)Moab and his cities has come up,
and the choicest of his young men have (GE)gone down to slaughter,
declares (GF)the King, (GG)whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his affliction hastens swiftly.
17 (GH)Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say, (GI)‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.’
18 (GJ)“Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of (GK)Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
19 (GL)Stand by the way (GM)and watch,
O inhabitant of (GN)Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
say, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
(GO)wail and cry!
Tell it beside (GP)the Arnon,
that (GQ)Moab is laid waste.
21 “Judgment has come upon (GR)the tableland, upon Holon, and (GS)Jahzah, and Mephaath, 22 and (GT)Dibon, and (GU)Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23 and (GV)Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and (GW)Beth-meon, 24 and (GX)Kerioth, and (GY)Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. 25 (GZ)The horn of Moab is cut off, and (HA)his arm is broken, declares the Lord.
26 (HB)“Make him drunk, (HC)because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall (HD)wallow in his vomit, (HE)and he too shall be held in derision. 27 (HF)Was not Israel a derision to you? (HG)Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him (HH)you wagged your head?
28 (HI)“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab!
Be (HJ)like the dove that nests
in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
29 (HK)We have heard of the pride of Moab—
he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I know his insolence, declares the Lord;
(HL)his boasts are false,
his deeds are false.
31 (HM)Therefore I wail for Moab;
I cry out for all Moab;
for the men of (HN)Kir-hareseth I mourn.
32 More than for (HO)Jazer I weep for you,
(HP)O vine of (HQ)Sibmah!
(HR)Your branches passed over the sea,
reached to the Sea of (HS)Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
the destroyer has fallen.
33 (HT)Gladness and joy have been taken away
from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy;
the shouting is not the shout of joy.
34 (HU)“From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to (HV)Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. 35 And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in (HW)the high place and makes offerings to his god. 36 Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of (HX)Kir-hareseth. (HY)Therefore the riches they gained have perished.
37 (HZ)“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. (IA)On all the hands are gashes, and (IB)around the waist is sackcloth. 38 On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like (IC)a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. 39 How it is broken! How they wail! (ID)How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab (IE)has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”
40 For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (IF)one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
(IG)and spread his wings against Moab;
41 (IH)the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
(II)The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of (IJ)a woman in her birth pains;
42 Moab shall be (IK)destroyed and be no longer a people,
because (IL)he magnified himself against the Lord.
43 (IM)Terror, pit, and snare
are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the Lord.
44 He who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
(IN)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed (IO)the forehead of Moab,
the crown of (IP)the sons of tumult.
46 (IQ)Woe to you, O Moab!
The people of (IR)Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
and your daughters into captivity.
47 (IS)Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in the latter days, declares the Lord.”
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
Judgment on Ammon
49 (IT)Concerning the Ammonites.
Thus says the Lord:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has (IU)Milcom[h] (IV)dispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its cities?
2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will cause (IW)the battle cry to be heard
against (IX)Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate (IY)mound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the Lord.
3 “Wail, O (IZ)Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry out, O daughters of (JA)Rabbah!
(JB)Put on sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For (JC)Milcom shall go into exile,
(JD)with his priests and his officials.
4 Why do you boast of your valleys,[i]
(JE)O faithless daughter,
(JF)who trusted in her treasures, saying,
‘Who will come against me?’
5 Behold, (JG)I will bring terror upon you,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
from all who are around you,
and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him,
with none to gather the fugitives.
6 “But (JH)afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord.”
Judgment on Edom
7 Concerning (JI)Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(JJ)“Is wisdom no more in (JK)Teman?
(JL)Has counsel perished from the prudent?
(JM)Has their wisdom vanished?
8 (JN)Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of (JO)Dedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
(JP)the time when I punish him.
9 (JQ)If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave (JR)gleanings?
(JS)If thieves came by night,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
10 (JT)But I have stripped Esau bare;
(JU)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 (JV)he is no more.
11 (JW)Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;
(JX)and let your widows trust in me.”
12 For thus says the Lord: (JY)“If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, (JZ)will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. 13 (KA)For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that (KB)Bozrah shall become (KC)a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”
14 (KD)I have heard a message from the Lord,
and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
(KE)“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
and rise up for battle!
15 For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among mankind.
16 The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[j]
who hold the height of the hill.
Though you (KF)make your nest as high as the eagle's,
I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.
17 (KG)“Edom shall become a horror. (KH)Everyone who passes by it will be horrified (KI)and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 (KJ)As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their (KK)neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, (KL)no man shall dwell there, (KM)no man shall sojourn in her. 19 (KN)Behold, (KO)like a lion coming up from (KP)the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him[k] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. (KQ)For who is like me? (KR)Who will summon me? (KS)What shepherd can stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against (KT)Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of (KU)Teman: (KV)Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21 At the sound of their fall (KW)the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. 22 Behold, (KX)one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against (KY)Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart (KZ)of a woman in her birth pains.”
Judgment on Damascus
23 Concerning (LA)Damascus:
(LB)“Hamath and (LC)Arpad are confounded,
for they have heard bad news;
they melt in fear,
(LD)they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
24 (LE)Damascus has become feeble, (LF)she turned to flee,
and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as (LG)of a woman in labor.
25 How is (LH)the famous city not forsaken,
the city of my joy?
26 (LI)Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,
and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,
declares the Lord of hosts.
27 And (LJ)I will kindle a fire in the wall of (LK)Damascus,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (LL)Ben-hadad.”
Judgment on Kedar and Hazor
28 Concerning (LM)Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down.
Thus says the Lord:
(LN)“Rise up, advance against (LO)Kedar!
Destroy (LP)the people of the east!
29 (LQ)Their tents and their flocks shall be taken,
their (LR)curtains and all their goods;
their camels shall be led away from them,
and men shall cry to them: (LS)‘Terror on every side!’
30 (LT)Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor!
declares the Lord.
For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has made a plan against you
and formed a purpose against you.
31 (LU)“Rise up, advance against a nation (LV)at ease,
(LW)that dwells securely,
declares the Lord,
(LX)that has no gates or bars,
that dwells alone.
32 (LY)Their camels shall become plunder,
their herds of livestock a spoil.
(LZ)I will scatter to every wind
(MA)those who cut the corners of their hair,
and I will bring their calamity
from every side of them,
declares the Lord.
33 Hazor shall become (MB)a haunt of jackals,
an everlasting waste;
(MC)no man shall dwell there;
(MD)no man shall sojourn in her.”
Judgment on Elam
34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning (ME)Elam, in the beginning of the reign of (MF)Zedekiah king of Judah.
35 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will break (MG)the bow of (MH)Elam, the mainstay of their might. 36 And I will bring upon (MI)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 (MJ)Elam shall not come. 37 I will (MK)terrify (ML)Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, (MM)my fierce anger, declares the Lord. (MN)I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them, 38 and I will set my throne in (MO)Elam and destroy their king and officials, declares the Lord.
39 “But in the latter days (MP)I will restore the fortunes of (MQ)Elam, declares the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 44:9 Hebrew his
- Jeremiah 44:19 Compare Syriac; Hebrew lacks And the women said
- Jeremiah 46:15 Hebrew He does not stand
- Jeremiah 47:7 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew you
- Jeremiah 48:5 Hebrew weeping goes up with weeping
- Jeremiah 48:5 Septuagint (compare Isaiah 15:5) heard the cry
- Jeremiah 48:12 Septuagint, Aquila; Hebrew their
- Jeremiah 49:1 Or their king; also verse 3
- Jeremiah 49:4 Hebrew boast of your valleys, your valley flows
- Jeremiah 49:16 Or of Sela
- Jeremiah 49:19 Septuagint, Syriac them
Jeremiah 44-49
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Jeremiah 44-49
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Disaster Because of Idolatry
44 This word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt(A)—in Migdol,(B) Tahpanhes(C) and Memphis(D)—and in Upper Egypt:(E) 2 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster(F) I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah.(G) Today they lie deserted and in ruins(H) 3 because of the evil(I) they have done. They aroused my anger(J) by burning incense(K) to and worshiping other gods(L) that neither they nor you nor your ancestors(M) ever knew. 4 Again and again(N) I sent my servants the prophets,(O) who said, ‘Do not do this detestable(P) thing that I hate!’ 5 But they did not listen or pay attention;(Q) they did not turn from their wickedness(R) or stop burning incense(S) to other gods.(T) 6 Therefore, my fierce anger was poured out;(U) it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins(V) they are today.
7 “Now this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster(W) on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women,(X) the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant?(Y) 8 Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made,(Z) burning incense(AA) to other gods in Egypt,(AB) where you have come to live?(AC) You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse[a] and an object of reproach(AD) among all the nations on earth. 9 Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your ancestors(AE) and by the kings(AF) and queens(AG) of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives(AH) in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem?(AI) 10 To this day they have not humbled(AJ) themselves or shown reverence,(AK) nor have they followed my law(AL) and the decrees(AM) I set before you and your ancestors.(AN)
11 “Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty,(AO) the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster(AP) on you and to destroy all Judah. 12 I will take away the remnant(AQ) of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest,(AR) they will die by sword or famine.(AS) They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.(AT) 13 I will punish(AU) those who live in Egypt with the sword,(AV) famine and plague,(AW) as I punished Jerusalem. 14 None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives.”(AX)
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives(AY) were burning incense(AZ) to other gods, along with all the women(BA) who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt,(BB) said to Jeremiah, 16 “We will not listen(BC) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!(BD) 17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(BE) We will burn incense(BF) to the Queen of Heaven(BG) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(BH) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(BI) At that time we had plenty of food(BJ) and were well off and suffered no harm.(BK) 18 But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings(BL) to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine.(BM)”
19 The women added, “When we burned incense(BN) to the Queen of Heaven(BO) and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands(BP) know that we were making cakes(BQ) impressed with her image(BR) and pouring out drink offerings to her?”
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, 21 “Did not the Lord remember(BS) and call to mind the incense(BT) burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem(BU) by you and your ancestors,(BV) your kings and your officials and the people of the land?(BW) 22 When the Lord could no longer endure(BX) your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse(BY) and a desolate waste(BZ) without inhabitants, as it is today.(CA) 23 Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed(CB) his law or his decrees(CC) or his stipulations, this disaster(CD) has come upon you, as you now see.”(CE)
24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women,(CF) “Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah in Egypt.(CG) 25 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives(CH) have done what you said you would do when you promised, ‘We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.’(CI)
“Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your vows!(CJ) 26 But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:(CK) ‘I swear(CL) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign(CM) Lord lives.”(CN) 27 For I am watching(CO) over them for harm,(CP) not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish(CQ) by sword and famine(CR) until they are all destroyed.(CS) 28 Those who escape the sword(CT) and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few.(CU) Then the whole remnant(CV) of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand(CW)—mine or theirs.(CX)
29 “‘This will be the sign(CY) to you that I will punish(CZ) you in this place,’ declares the Lord, ‘so that you will know that my threats of harm against you will surely stand.’(DA) 30 This is what the Lord says: ‘I am going to deliver Pharaoh(DB) Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who want to kill him, just as I gave Zedekiah(DC) king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who wanted to kill him.’”(DD)
A Message to Baruch
45 When Baruch(DE) son of Neriah(DF) wrote on a scroll(DG) the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(DH) son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: 2 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: 3 You said, ‘Woe(DI) to me! The Lord has added sorrow(DJ) to my pain;(DK) I am worn out with groaning(DL) and find no rest.’(DM) 4 But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot(DN) what I have planted,(DO) throughout the earth.(DP) 5 Should you then seek great(DQ) things for yourself? Do not seek them.(DR) For I will bring disaster(DS) on all people,(DT) declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape(DU) with your life.’”(DV)
A Message About Egypt
46 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:(DW)
2 Concerning Egypt:(DX)
This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho(DY) king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish(DZ) on the Euphrates(EA) River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(EB) son of Josiah king of Judah:
3 “Prepare your shields,(EC) both large and small,
and march out for battle!
4 Harness the horses,
mount the steeds!
Take your positions
with helmets on!
Polish(ED) your spears,
put on your armor!(EE)
5 What do I see?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are defeated.
They flee(EF) in haste
without looking back,
and there is terror(EG) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
6 “The swift cannot flee(EH)
nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(EI)
they stumble and fall.(EJ)
7 “Who is this that rises like the Nile,
like rivers of surging waters?(EK)
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,(EL)
like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
I will destroy cities and their people.’(EM)
9 Charge, you horses!
Drive furiously, you charioteers!(EN)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush[b](EO) and Put who carry shields,
men of Lydia(EP) who draw the bow.
10 But that day(EQ) belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
a day of vengeance(ER), for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour(ES) till it is satisfied,
till it has quenched its thirst with blood.(ET)
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice(EU)
in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.(EV)
11 “Go up to Gilead and get balm,(EW)
Virgin(EX) Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
there is no healing(EY) for you.
12 The nations will hear of your shame;
your cries will fill the earth.
One warrior will stumble over another;
both will fall(EZ) down together.”
13 This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon(FA) to attack Egypt:(FB)
14 “Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
proclaim it also in Memphis(FC) and Tahpanhes:(FD)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
for the sword devours(FE) those around you.’
15 Why will your warriors be laid low?
They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.(FF)
16 They will stumble(FG) repeatedly;
they will fall(FH) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
to our own people(FI) and our native lands,
away from the sword of the oppressor.’(FJ)
17 There they will exclaim,
‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;(FK)
he has missed his opportunity.(FL)’
18 “As surely as I live,” declares the King,(FM)
whose name is the Lord Almighty,
“one will come who is like Tabor(FN) among the mountains,
like Carmel(FO) by the sea.
19 Pack your belongings for exile,(FP)
you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis(FQ) will be laid waste(FR)
and lie in ruins without inhabitant.
20 “Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
but a gadfly is coming
against her from the north.(FS)
21 The mercenaries(FT) in her ranks
are like fattened calves.(FU)
They too will turn and flee(FV) together,
they will not stand their ground,
for the day(FW) of disaster is coming upon them,
the time(FX) for them to be punished.
22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
as the enemy advances in force;
they will come against her with axes,
like men who cut down trees.(FY)
23 They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
“dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,(FZ)
they cannot be counted.
24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
given into the hands of the people of the north.(GA)”
25 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes,(GB) on Pharaoh,(GC) on Egypt and her gods(GD) and her kings, and on those who rely(GE) on Pharaoh. 26 I will give them into the hands(GF) of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king(GG) of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited(GH) as in times past,” declares the Lord.
27 “Do not be afraid,(GI) Jacob(GJ) my servant;(GK)
do not be dismayed, Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.(GL)
Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no one will make him afraid.
28 Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
for I am with you,”(GM) declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy(GN) all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”
A Message About the Philistines
47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines(GO) before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:(GP)
2 This is what the Lord says:
“See how the waters are rising in the north;(GQ)
they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
all who dwell in the land will wail(GR)
3 at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots(GS)
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.(GT)
4 For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
who could help Tyre(GU) and Sidon.(GV)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,(GW)
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.[c](GX)
5 Gaza will shave(GY) her head in mourning;
Ashkelon(GZ) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut(HA) yourselves?
6 “‘Alas, sword(HB) of the Lord,
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.’(HC)
7 But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”(HD)
A Message About Moab(HE)
48 Concerning Moab:(HF)
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Woe to Nebo,(HG) for it will be ruined.
Kiriathaim(HH) will be disgraced and captured;
the stronghold[d] will be disgraced and shattered.
2 Moab will be praised(HI) no more;
in Heshbon[e](HJ) people will plot her downfall:
‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’(HK)
You, the people of Madmen,[f] will also be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,(HL)
cries of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;
her little ones will cry out.[g]
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,(HM)
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim(HN)
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee!(HO) Run for your lives;
become like a bush[h] in the desert.(HP)
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,(HQ)
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh(HR) will go into exile,(HS)
together with his priests and officials.(HT)
8 The destroyer(HU) will come against every town,
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau(HV) destroyed,
because the Lord has spoken.
9 Put salt(HW) on Moab,
for she will be laid waste[i];(HX)
her towns will become desolate,
with no one to live in them.
10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword(HY) from bloodshed!(HZ)
11 “Moab has been at rest(IA) from youth,
like wine left on its dregs,(IB)
not poured from one jar to another—
she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
and her aroma is unchanged.
12 But days are coming,”
declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
and smash her jars.
13 Then Moab will be ashamed(IC) of Chemosh,(ID)
as Israel was ashamed
when they trusted in Bethel.(IE)
14 “How can you say, ‘We are warriors,(IF)
men valiant in battle’?
15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
her finest young men(IG) will go down in the slaughter,(IH)”
declares the King,(II) whose name is the Lord Almighty.(IJ)
16 “The fall of Moab is at hand;(IK)
her calamity will come quickly.
17 Mourn for her, all who live around her,
all who know her fame;(IL)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,(IM)
how broken the glorious staff!’
18 “Come down from your glory
and sit on the parched ground,(IN)
you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,(IO)
for the one who destroys Moab
will come up against you
and ruin your fortified cities.(IP)
19 Stand by the road and watch,
you who live in Aroer.(IQ)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask them, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
Wail(IR) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon(IS)
that Moab is destroyed.
21 Judgment has come to the plateau(IT)—
to Holon,(IU) Jahzah(IV) and Mephaath,(IW)
22 to Dibon,(IX) Nebo(IY) and Beth Diblathaim,
23 to Kiriathaim,(IZ) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,(JA)
24 to Kerioth(JB) and Bozrah(JC)—
to all the towns(JD) of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab’s horn[j](JE) is cut off;
her arm(JF) is broken,”
declares the Lord.
26 “Make her drunk,(JG)
for she has defied(JH) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;(JI)
let her be an object of ridicule.(JJ)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(JK)
Was she caught among thieves,(JL)
that you shake your head(JM) in scorn(JN)
whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(JO) that makes its nest
at the mouth of a cave.(JP)
29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(JQ)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness(JR) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts(JS) accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I wail(JT) over Moab,
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(JU)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer(JV) weeps,
you vines of Sibmah.(JW)
Your branches spread as far as the sea[k];
they reached as far as[l] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
on your ripened fruit and grapes.
33 Joy and gladness are gone
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine(JX) from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.(JY)
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
34 “The sound of their cry rises
from Heshbon(JZ) to Elealeh(KA) and Jahaz,(KB)
from Zoar(KC) as far as Horonaim(KD) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.(KE)
35 In Moab I will put an end
to those who make offerings on the high places(KF)
and burn incense(KG) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
36 “So my heart laments(KH) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.(KI)
The wealth they acquired(KJ) is gone.
37 Every head is shaved(KK)
and every beard(KL) cut off;
every hand is slashed
and every waist is covered with sackcloth.(KM)
38 On all the roofs in Moab
and in the public squares(KN)
there is nothing but mourning,
for I have broken Moab
like a jar(KO) that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
39 “How shattered(KP) she is! How they wail!
How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,(KQ)
an object of horror to all those around her.”
40 This is what the Lord says:
“Look! An eagle is swooping(KR) down,
spreading its wings(KS) over Moab.
41 Kerioth[m](KT) will be captured
and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors(KU)
will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(KV)
42 Moab will be destroyed(KW) as a nation(KX)
because she defied(KY) the Lord.
43 Terror(KZ) and pit and snare(LA) await you,
you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
44 “Whoever flees(LB) from the terror
will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
the year(LC) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a blaze from the midst of Sihon;(LD)
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls(LE) of the noisy boasters.
46 Woe to you, Moab!(LF)
The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
and your daughters into captivity.
47 “Yet I will restore(LG) the fortunes of Moab
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
Here ends the judgment on Moab.
A Message About Ammon
49 Concerning the Ammonites:(LH)
This is what the Lord says:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has Israel no heir?
Why then has Molek[n](LI) taken possession of Gad?(LJ)
Why do his people live in its towns?
2 But the days are coming,”
declares the Lord,
“when I will sound the battle cry(LK)
against Rabbah(LL) of the Ammonites;
it will become a mound of ruins,(LM)
and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.
Then Israel will drive out
those who drove her out,(LN)”
says the Lord.
3 “Wail, Heshbon,(LO) for Ai(LP) is destroyed!
Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth(LQ) and mourn;
rush here and there inside the walls,
for Molek(LR) will go into exile,(LS)
together with his priests and officials.
4 Why do you boast of your valleys,
boast of your valleys so fruitful?
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,(LT)
you trust in your riches(LU) and say,
‘Who will attack me?’(LV)
5 I will bring terror on you
from all those around you,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
“Every one of you will be driven away,
and no one will gather the fugitives.(LW)
6 “Yet afterward, I will restore(LX) the fortunes of the Ammonites,”
declares the Lord.
A Message About Edom(LY)(LZ)
7 Concerning Edom:(MA)
This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?(MB)
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
8 Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,(MC)
you who live in Dedan,(MD)
for I will bring disaster on Esau
at the time when I punish him.
9 If grape pickers came to you,
would they not leave a few grapes?
If thieves came during the night,
would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
10 But I will strip Esau bare;
I will uncover his hiding places,(ME)
so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
also his allies and neighbors,
so there is no one(MF) to say,
11 ‘Leave your fatherless children;(MG) I will keep them alive.
Your widows(MH) too can depend on me.’”
12 This is what the Lord says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup(MI) must drink it, why should you go unpunished?(MJ) You will not go unpunished, but must drink it. 13 I swear(MK) by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah(ML) will become a ruin and a curse,[o] an object of horror(MM) and reproach;(MN) and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”(MO)
14 I have heard a message from the Lord;
an envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Assemble yourselves to attack it!
Rise up for battle!”
15 “Now I will make you small among the nations,
despised by mankind.
16 The terror you inspire
and the pride(MP) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,(MQ)
who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest(MR) as high as the eagle’s,
from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
17 “Edom will become an object of horror;(MS)
all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
because of all its wounds.(MT)
18 As Sodom(MU) and Gomorrah(MV) were overthrown,
along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
no people will dwell(MW) in it.
19 “Like a lion(MX) coming up from Jordan’s thickets(MY)
to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like(MZ) me and who can challenge me?(NA)
And what shepherd(NB) can stand against me?”
20 Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Edom,(NC)
what he has purposed(ND) against those who live in Teman:(NE)
The young of the flock(NF) will be dragged away;
their pasture will be appalled at their fate.(NG)
21 At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;(NH)
their cry(NI) will resound to the Red Sea.[p]
22 Look! An eagle will soar and swoop(NJ) down,
spreading its wings over Bozrah.(NK)
In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors(NL)
will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(NM)
A Message About Damascus
23 Concerning Damascus:(NN)
“Hamath(NO) and Arpad(NP) are dismayed,
for they have heard bad news.
They are disheartened,
troubled like[q] the restless sea.(NQ)
24 Damascus has become feeble,
she has turned to flee
and panic has gripped her;
anguish and pain have seized her,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(NR)
25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
the town in which I delight?
26 Surely, her young men(NS) will fall in the streets;
all her soldiers will be silenced(NT) in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
27 “I will set fire(NU) to the walls of Damascus;(NV)
it will consume(NW) the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.(NX)”
A Message About Kedar and Hazor
28 Concerning Kedar(NY) and the kingdoms of Hazor,(NZ) which Nebuchadnezzar(OA) king of Babylon attacked:
This is what the Lord says:
“Arise, and attack Kedar
and destroy the people of the East.(OB)
29 Their tents and their flocks(OC) will be taken;
their shelters will be carried off
with all their goods and camels.
People will shout to them,
‘Terror(OD) on every side!’
30 “Flee quickly away!
Stay in deep caves,(OE) you who live in Hazor,(OF)”
declares the Lord.
“Nebuchadnezzar(OG) king of Babylon has plotted against you;
he has devised a plan against you.
31 “Arise and attack a nation at ease,
which lives in confidence,”
declares the Lord,
“a nation that has neither gates nor bars;(OH)
its people live far from danger.
32 Their camels(OI) will become plunder,
and their large herds(OJ) will be spoils of war.
I will scatter to the winds(OK) those who are in distant places[r](OL)
and will bring disaster on them from every side,”
declares the Lord.
33 “Hazor(OM) will become a haunt of jackals,(ON)
a desolate(OO) place forever.
No one will live there;
no people will dwell(OP) in it.”
A Message About Elam
34 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(OQ) early in the reign of Zedekiah(OR) king of Judah:
35 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“See, I will break the bow(OS) of Elam,
the mainstay of their might.
36 I will bring against Elam the four winds(OT)
from the four quarters of heaven;(OU)
I will scatter them to the four winds,
and there will not be a nation
where Elam’s exiles do not go.
37 I will shatter Elam before their foes,
before those who want to kill them;
I will bring disaster on them,
even my fierce anger,”(OV)
declares the Lord.
“I will pursue them with the sword(OW)
until I have made an end of them.
38 I will set my throne in Elam
and destroy her king and officials,”
declares the Lord.
39 “Yet I will restore(OX) the fortunes of Elam
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 44:8 That is, your name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that you are cursed; also in verse 12; similarly in verse 22.
- Jeremiah 46:9 That is, the upper Nile region
- Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete
- Jeremiah 48:1 Or captured; / Misgab
- Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
- Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.
- Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar
- Jeremiah 48:6 Or like Aroer
- Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away
- Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.
- Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
- Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of
- Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities
- Jeremiah 49:1 Or their king; also in verse 3
- Jeremiah 49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.
- Jeremiah 49:21 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Jeremiah 49:23 Hebrew on or by
- Jeremiah 49:32 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
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