1Concerning the Ammonites.
3"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry, O daughters of Rabbah!
Gird yourselves with sackcloth,
lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For Milcom shall go into exile,
with his priests and his princes.
4Why do you boast of your valleys,
O faithless daughter,
who trusted in her treasures, saying,
'Who will come against me?
5Behold, I will bring terror upon you,
says Yahweh GOD of hosts,
from all who are round about you,
and you shall be driven out,
every man straight before him,
with none to gather the fugitives.
6But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, says Yahweh."
7Concerning Edom.
12For thus says Yahweh: "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. 13For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes." 14I have heard tidings from Yahweh,
and a messenger has been sent among the nations:
"Gather yourselves together and come against her,
and rise up for battle!"
15For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among men.
16The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,
who hold the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's,
I will bring you down from there,
says Yahweh.
17"Edom shall become a horror; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbour cities were overthrown, says Yahweh, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her. 19Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a strong sheepfold, I will suddenly make them run away from her; and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me? 20Therefore hear the plan which Yahweh has made against Edom and the purposes which he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. 22Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle, and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her pangs."
23Concerning Damascus.
28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote.
31"Rise up, advance against a nation at ease,
that dwells securely,
says Yahweh,
that has no gates or bars,
that dwells alone.
32Their camels shall become booty,
their herds of cattle a spoil.
I will scatter to every wind
those who cut the corners of their hair,
and I will bring their calamity
from every side of them,
says Yahweh.
33Hazor shall become a haunt of jackals,
an everlasting waste;
no man shall dwell there,
no man shall sojourn in her."
34The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
35Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might; 36and I will bring upon 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 Elam shall not come. 37I will terrify Elam before their enemies, and before those who seek their life; I will bring evil upon them, my fierce anger, says Yahweh. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them; 38and I will set my throne in Elam, and destroy their king and princes, says Yahweh. 39"But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, says Yahweh."
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