Jeremiah 49:28-39 ▼

28 About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: Rise up, attack Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!

29 They will take their tents and their flocks along with their tent curtains and all their equipment. They will take their camels for themselves. They will call out to them, “Terror is on every side! ”

30 Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, residents of Hazor — this is the LORD’s declaration — for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.

31 Rise up, attack a nation at ease, one living in security. This is the LORD’s declaration. They have no doors, not even a gate bar; they live alone.

32 Their camels will become plunder, and their massive herds of cattle will become spoil. I will scatter them to the wind in every direction, those who clip the hair on their temples; I will bring calamity on them across all their borders. This is the LORD’s declaration.

33 Hazor will become a jackals’ den, a desolation forever. No one will live there; no human being will stay in it even temporarily.

34 This is the word of the LORD that came to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.

35 This is what the LORD of Armies says: I am about to shatter Elam’s bow, the source of their might.

36 I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s banished ones will not go.

37 I will devastate Elam before their enemies, before those who intend to take their lives. I will bring disaster on them, my burning anger. This is the LORD’s declaration. I will send the sword after them until I finish them off.

38 I will set my throne in Elam, and I will destroy the king and officials from there. This is the LORD’s declaration.

39 Yet, in the last days, I will restore the fortunes of Elam. This is the LORD’s declaration.