Jeremiah 49:19-39 ▼

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.

23 Concerning Damascus. “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard bad news; they melt into the sea with anxiety not able to be calmed.

24 Damascus has grown feeble; she turns to flee, and fear has seized her; distress and sorrows have taken hold of her like a woman in labor.

25 How is it not abandoned—the city of praise, the city of My joy?

26 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off on that day!” A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.

27 “And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the citadels of Ben-Hadad.”

28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck, thus says YHWH: “Arise and go up to Kedar, and destroy the men of the east!

29 Their tents and their flocks they will take away; their curtains, and all their vessels and their camels they will carry off for themselves; they will cry out over them, ‘Terror is on every side!’

30 Flee, wander far away, go deep to dwell, O dwellers of Hazor,” a declaration of YHWH. “For he has taken counsel against you?—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he has planned counsel against you?, a purpose.

31 Arise, go up against a nation at ease, Dwelling in safety,” a declaration of YHWH. “No gates and no bars are unto it; alone they dwell.

32 Their camels will be for spoil, and the multitude of their cattle for plunder, and I will scatter to every wind those cutting the corner; from all its sides I will bring their calamity!” A declaration of YHWH.

33 “Hazor will become as an abode for jackals, a desolation even to forever; no man will dwell there, and no a son of man will sojourn in it.”

34 That which came to be the word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet regarding Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

35 Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam, the foremost of their might.

36 And I will bring against Elam the four winds from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds, and there will be no nations to which those driven out of Elam will not go there.

37 And I will shatter Elam before the face of their enemies, and before those seeking their soul; I will bring upon them disaster, the burning of My anger,” a declaration of YHWH. “And I will send after them the sword until I have finished them.

38 And I will set My throne in Elam, and I will destroy from there the king and the princes,” a declaration of YHWH.

39 “And it will come to pass in the latter days that I will turn back the captivity of Elam,” a declaration of YHWH.