Jeremiah 49:1-22 ▼

1 Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says YHWH: “Are there not sons for Israel? Or is there not one inheriting for him? Why then does Milcom take the inheritance of Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” a declaration of YHWH, “When I will make heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon a shout of war, and it will become as a mound of desolation, and her villages will be burned with fire; and Israel will take possession of his inheritance,” a declaration of YHWH.

3 “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been laid waste! Cry, O daughters of Rabbah, and gird yourselves with sackcloth; lament and roam about by the walls; for Milcom will go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

4 Why do you boast in the valleys, the flowing of your valley, O backsliding daughter, the one trusting in her treasures: ‘Who will come against me?’

5 Behold, I am bringing upon you terror,” a declaration of the Lord YHWH of Hosts. “Before the face of those around you, and you? will be driven out, each man before his face, and none shall gather up those wandering.

6 And after this, I will turn back back the captivity of the sons of Ammon,” a declaration of YHWH.

7 Concerning Edom, thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

8 Flee, turn back, and go deep to dwell, O dwellers of Dedan! For the calamity of Esau I will bring upon him, the time I will visit punishment on him.

9 If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves in the night, would they not destroy their sufficiency?

10 But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his secret places, and he will not be able to hide himself. His seed is destroyed, and His brothers, and his neighbors, and he is no more.

11 Leave behind your fatherless—I myself will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in Me.”

12 For thus says YHWH: “Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup must surely drink it; and you will you be cleared entirely? You will not be cleared, but you must surely drink it!

13 For by Myself I have sworn,” a declaration of YHWH, “That Bozrah will become as a desolation, as a reproach, as a ruin, and as a curse, and all her cities will be as ruins forever!”

14 I have heard a message from YHWH, and an envoy has been sent among the nations: “Assemble yourselves, and come against her, and rise up for the battle!”

15 “For, behold, I will make you small among the nations and despised among mankind.

16 Your terror has deceived you, the arrogance of your heart, O dwellers in the clefts of the rock, holding the height of the hill. Though you make high like the eagle your nest, from there I will bring you down!” A declaration of YHWH.

17 “And Edom will become as a horror: All passing by it will be appalled, and will hiss at all her wounds.

18 Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors,” a declaration of YHWH, “Not man will dwell there, nor will reside in it a son of man.

19 Behold, like a lion he will come up from the height of the Jordan against the enduring habitation, but I will act in an instant and make him run away from her. Who is the chosen one over her that I may assign, for who is like Me? And who would appoint Me? And who is this shepherd who can stand before My face?”

20 Therefore hear the counsel of YHWH that He has counseled regarding Edom, and His plans that He has planned regarding those dwelling in Teman: Surely they will not drag them out, even the little ones of the flock; surely will not their own pastures be appalled over them?

21 At the sound of their fall, the earth shakes; the cry at the Sea of Reeds, its voice is heard!

22 Behold, like the eagle he will come up and fly, and he will spread his wings over Bozrah; and the heart of the mighty ones of Edom will be on that day like the heart of a woman in labor.