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." |