Jermiah49

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(Jer 49:1) Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why {then} doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
(Jer 49:2) Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.
(Jer 49:3) Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, {and} his priests and his princes together.
(Jer 49:4) Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, {saying}, Who shall come unto me?
(Jer 49:5) Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
(Jer 49:6) And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.
(Jer 49:7) Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; {Is} wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
(Jer 49:8) Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time {that} I will visit him.
(Jer 49:9) If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave {some} gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
(Jer 49:10) But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he {is} not.
(Jer 49:11) Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve {them} alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
(Jer 49:12) For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment {was} not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and {art} thou {he} that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink {of it}.
(Jer 49:13) For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
(Jer 49:14) I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, {saying}, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
(Jer 49:15) For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, {and} despised among men.
(Jer 49:16) Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, {and} the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
(Jer 49:17) Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
(Jer 49:18) As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour {cities} thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
(Jer 49:19) Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who {is} a chosen {man, that} I may appoint over her? for {who} is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and {who} is that shepherd that will stand before me?
(Jer 49:20) Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
(Jer 49:21) The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
(Jer 49:22) Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
(Jer 49:23) Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; {there is} sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
(Jer 49:24) Damascus is waxed feeble, {and} turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on {her}: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
(Jer 49:25) How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
(Jer 49:26) Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
(Jer 49:27) And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
(Jer 49:28) Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
(Jer 49:29) Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, fear {is} on every side.
(Jer 49:30) Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
(Jer 49:31) Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the Lord, which have neither gates nor bars, {which} dwell alone.
(Jer 49:32) And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them {that are} in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the Lord.
(Jer 49:33) And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, {and} a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor {any} son of man dwell in it.
(Jer 49:34) The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
(Jer 49:35) Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
(Jer 49:36) And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
(Jer 49:37) For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, {even} my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
(Jer 49:38) And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.
(Jer 49:39) But it shall come to pass in the latter days, {that} I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.
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