49:1  Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says the LORD: "Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no heirs? Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad And his people settled in its cities?

49:2  "Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, "That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon; And it will become a desolate heap, And her towns will be set on fire. Then Israel will take possession of his possessors," Says the LORD."

49:3  "Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, And rush back and forth inside the walls; For Malcam will go into exile Together with his priests and his princes.

49:4  "How boastful you are about the valleys! Your valley is flowing {away,} O backsliding daughter Who trusts in her treasures, {saying,} `Who will come against me?'

49:5  "Behold, I am going to bring terror upon you, Declares the Lord GOD of hosts, "From all {directions} around you; And each of you will be driven out headlong, With no one to gather the fugitives together."

49:6  "But afterward I will restore The fortunes of the sons of Ammon, Declares the LORD."

49:7  Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

49:8  "Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan, For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him At the time I punish him.

49:9  "If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings? If thieves {came} by night, They would destroy {only} until they had enough.

49:10  "But I have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His offspring has been destroyed along with his relatives And his neighbors, and he is no more.

49:11  "Leave your orphans behind, I will keep {them} alive; And let your widows trust in Me."

49:12  For thus says the LORD, "Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink {it,} and are you the one who will be completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink {it.}

49:13  "For I have sworn by Myself, declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.""

49:14  I have heard a message from the LORD, And an envoy is sent among the nations, {saying,} "Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle!"

49:15  "For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

49:16  "As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle's, I will bring you down from there, declares the LORD."

49:17  "Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.

49:18  "Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors, says the LORD, "no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it."

49:19  "Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me {into court?} And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?"

49:20  Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, {even} the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

49:21  The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea.

49:22  Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

49:23  Concerning Damascus. "Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, For they have heard bad news; They are disheartened. There is anxiety by the sea, It cannot be calmed.

49:24  "Damascus has become helpless; She has turned away to flee, And panic has gripped her; Distress and pangs have taken hold of her Like a woman in childbirth.

49:25  "How the city of praise has not been deserted, The town of My joy!

49:26  "Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day, declares the LORD of hosts."

49:27  "I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad."

49:28  Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD, "Arise, go up to Kedar And devastate the men of the east.

49:29  "They will take away their tents and their flocks; They will carry off for themselves Their tent curtains, all their goods and their camels, And they will call out to one another, `Terror on every side!'

49:30  "Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor, declares the LORD; "For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you And devised a scheme against you."

49:31  "Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease, Which lives securely, declares the LORD. "It has no gates or bars; They dwell alone."

49:32  "Their camels will become plunder, And their many cattle for booty, And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners {of their hair;} And I will bring their disaster from every side, declares the LORD."

49:33  "Hazor will become a haunt of jackals, A desolation forever; No one will live there, Nor will a son of man reside in it."

49:34  That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

49:35  "Thus says the LORD of hosts, `Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam, The finest of their might.

49:36  `I will bring upon Elam the four winds From the four ends of heaven, And will scatter them to all these winds; And there will be no nation To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.

49:37  `So I will shatter Elam before their enemies And before those who seek their lives; And I will bring calamity upon them, Even My fierce anger,' declares the LORD, `And I will send out the sword after them Until I have consumed them.

49:38  `Then I will set My throne in Elam And destroy out of it king and princes,' Declares the LORD.

49:39  `But it will come about in the last days That I will restore the fortunes of Elam,' Declares the LORD."