Jeremiah 49

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“Does Israel have no sons?
Or has he no one who can take possession?
Why then has ^[a]Malcam taken possession of Gad
And his people settled in its cities?
² Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,
“That I will cause a ^[b](B)trumpet blast of war to be heard
Against ^(C)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon;
And it will become a desolate heap,
And her ^(D)towns will be set on fire.
Then Israel will take ^(E)possession of his possessors,”
Says Yahweh.
³ “Wail, O ^(F)Heshbon, for ^(G)Ai has been destroyed!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,
^(H)Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,
And rush back and forth inside the walls;
For ^[c]Malcam will ^(I)go into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.
⁴ How ^(J)boastful you are about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
O ^(K)faithless daughter
Who trusts in her ^(L)treasures, saying,
‘^(M)Who will come against me?’
⁵ Behold, I am going to bring ^(N)dread upon you,”
Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts,
“From all around you;
And each of you will be ^(O)banished ^[d]headlong,
With no one to gather the ^(P)one who flees.
⁶ But afterward I will ^[e](Q)return
The ^[f]fortunes of the sons of Ammon,”
Declares Yahweh.

⁷ Concerning ^(R)Edom.
Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“Is there no longer any ^(S)wisdom in ^(T)Teman?
Has counsel been lost to the understanding?
Has their wisdom decayed?
⁸ Flee away, turn back, inhabit the depths,
O inhabitants of ^(U)Dedan,
For I ^[g]will bring the ^(V)disaster of Esau upon him
At the time I ^[h]punish him.
^9 (W)If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not have gleanings remain?
If thieves came by night,
They would ruin only ^[i]until they had enough.
¹⁰ But I have ^(X)stripped Esau bare;
I have uncovered his hiding places,
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His seed has been destroyed along with his ^[j]relatives
And his neighbors, and ^(Y)he is no more.
¹¹ Leave your ^[k](Z)orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your ^(AA)widows trust in Me.”

¹⁴ I have ^(AG)heard a message from Yahweh,
And an ^(AH)envoy is sent among the nations, saying,
“^(AI)Gather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”
¹⁵ “For behold, I have made you small among the nations,
Despised among men.
¹⁶ As for the terror of you,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who dwell in the clefts of ^[m]the ^(AJ)rock,
Who seize the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as ^(AK)high as an eagle’s,
I will ^(AL)bring you down from there,” declares Yahweh.

²³ Concerning ^(BA)Damascus.
“^(BB)Hamath and ^(BC)Arpad are put to shame,
For they have heard a bad report;
They are ^(BD)melting away.
There is anxiety by the sea,
It ^(BE)cannot be quieted.
²⁴ Damascus has become limp in their hands;
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has taken hold of her;
^(BF)Distress and pangs have seized her
Like a woman in childbirth.
²⁵ How ^[u]the ^(BG)city of praise has not been forsaken,
The town of My joy!
²⁶ Therefore, her ^(BH)young men will fall in her open squares,
And all the men of war will be ^[v]silenced in that day,” declares Yahweh of hosts.
²⁷ “I will ^(BI)set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will devour the ^[w]fortified towers of ^(BJ)Ben-hadad.”

“Arise, go up to Kedar
And destroy the ^[x](BL)men of the east.
²⁹ They will take away their tents and their flocks;
They will carry off for themselves
Their tent ^(BM)curtains, all their goods, and their ^(BN)camels,
And they will call out to one another, ‘^(BO)Terror on every side!’
³⁰ Run away, flee earnestly! Inhabit the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor,” declares Yahweh;
“For ^(BP)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you
And purposed a purpose against you.
³¹ Arise, go up against a nation which is ^(BQ)at ease,
Which inhabits its land securely,” declares Yahweh.
“It has ^(BR)no gates or bars;
They ^(BS)dwell alone.
³² Their camels will become plunder,
And their many cattle for spoil,
And I will ^(BT)scatter to all the winds those who ^(BU)cut the corners of their hair;
And I will bring their ^[y]disaster from every side,” declares Yahweh.
³³ “Hazor will become a ^(BV)haunt of jackals,
A desolation forever;
No one will inhabit there,
Nor will a son of man sojourn in it.”

³⁵ “Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
‘Behold, I am going to ^(BY)break the bow of Elam,
The ^[z]finest of their might.
³⁶ I will bring upon Elam the ^(BZ)four winds
From the four ends of heaven,
And I will ^(CA)scatter them to all these winds;
And there will be no nation
To which the banished ones of Elam will not go.
³⁷ So I will ^[aa]shatter Elam before their enemies
And before those who seek their lives;
And I will ^(CB)bring calamity upon them,
Even My ^(CC)burning anger,’ declares Yahweh,
‘And I will ^(CD)send out the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
³⁸ Then I will set My throne in Elam
And cause king and princes from there to perish,’
Declares Yahweh.
³⁹ ‘But it will be in the last days
That I will ^[ab](CE)return the ^[ac]fortunes of Elam,’”
Declares Yahweh.