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Prophecy against Ammon

¹ Concerning the ^(F1)(C1)sons (descendants) of Ammon.

Thus says the LORD:
"Does Israel have no sons to reclaim Gad from the Ammonites?
Has he no heir?
Why then has ^(F2)Malcam taken possession of Gad
And why do his people live in the cities of Gad?

² "Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD,
"When I will cause an ^(C1)alarm of war to be heard
Against ^(C2)Rabbah of the Ammonites;
And it along with the high ground on which it stands will become a desolate heap,
And its ^(C3)villages will be set on fire.
Then will Israel ^(C4)take possession of his possessors,"
Says the LORD. ^(VR1)

³ "Wail, O ^(F1)(C1)Heshbon, for ^(C2)Ai in Ammon has been destroyed!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah!
^(C3)Wrap yourselves with sackcloth and lament (cry out in grief),
And rush back and forth inside the enclosures;
For Malcam your powerless god will ^(C4)go into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.

⁴ "Why do you ^(C1)boast of your valleys?
Your valley is flowing away,
O Ammon ^(C2)rebellious and faithless daughter
Who trusts in her ^(C3)treasures, saying,
'^(C4)Who will come against me?'

⁵ "Behold, I am going to bring ^(C1)terror on you,"
Says the Lord GOD of hosts,
"From all who are around you;
And each of you will be ^(C2)driven out headlong,
And there will be no one to gather the ^(C3)fugitives together.

⁶ "But ^(F1)afterward I will ^(C1)reverse
The captivity of the children of Ammon and restore their fortunes,"
Says the LORD.

Prophecy against Edom

⁷ Concerning ^(C1)Edom.
Thus says the LORD of hosts,
"Is there no longer any ^(C2)wisdom in ^(F1)(C3)Teman?
Has good counsel vanished from the intelligent and prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed? ^(VR1)

⁸ "Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths of the desert to escape the judgment of Edom,
O inhabitants of ^(F1)(C1)Dedan,
For I will bring the ^(C2)destruction of ^(F2)Esau (Edom) upon him
When I inspect and punish him.

⁹ "^(C1)If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some ungleaned grapes on the vines?
If thieves came by night,
Would they not destroy only what is enough for them?

¹⁰ "But I have ^(C1)stripped Esau (Edom) bare;
I have uncovered his hiding places
And he cannot hide himself.
His descendants have been destroyed along with his brothers (relatives) and his neighbors;
And ^(C2)he is no more.

¹¹ "Leave your ^(C1)orphans behind; I will do what is needed to keep them alive.
And let those who are your ^(C2)widows trust and confide in Me."

¹² For thus says the LORD, "Behold, those (Israel) who were not sentenced to drink the ^(C1)cup of wrath shall certainly drink it, and are you to ^(C2)remain unpunished? You will not be acquitted and go unpunished, but you will certainly drink from the cup of wrath and judgment. ^(VR1)13 "For I have ^(C1)sworn an oath by Myself," says the LORD, "that ^(F1)(C2)Bozrah will become an object of ^(C3)horror, a reproach, a ruin, and a curse; and all its cities will become ^(F2)perpetual ruins."

¹⁴ I have ^(C1)heard a report from the LORD,
And a ^(C2)messenger has been sent to the nations, saying,
"^(C3)Gather together and come against her,
And rise up for the battle."

¹⁵ "For behold, Edom I have made you small among the nations
And despised among men. ^(VR1)

¹⁶ "As for Your terror,
The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of the ^(C1)rock (Sela also called ^(F1)Petra),
Who hold and occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as ^(C2)high as the eagle's,
I will ^(C3)bring you down from there," says the LORD.

¹⁷ "Edom will become an ^(C1)object of horror; everyone who goes by it will be astonished and shall ^(C2)hiss scornfully at all its plagues and disasters.¹⁸ "As it was in the ^(C1)overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with their neighboring cities," says the LORD, "^(C2)no man will live there, nor will a son of man dwell in it.¹⁹ "^(C1)See, one will come like a lion from the ^(C2)thicket of the Jordan against the enduring habitation of Edom and its watered pastures; for in an instant I will make ^(F1)him (Edom) run from his land. I will appoint over him the one whom I ^(C3)choose. For who is ^(C4)like Me, and who will summon Me into court and prosecute Me for this? Who is the earthly shepherd who ^(C5)can stand defiantly before Me?"

²⁰ Therefore hear the ^(C1)plan of the LORD which He has devised against Edom, and hear what He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will be dragged away, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their dwelling place ^(C2)desolate because of them.²¹ The ^(C1)earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The sound of its noise has been heard at the Red Sea.²² Behold, He will mount up and ^(C1)fly swiftly like an eagle and spread His wings against the city of Bozrah; and in that day the ^(C2)heart of the mighty warriors of Edom will be like the heart of a woman in childbirth. ^(VR1)

Prophecy against Damascus

²³ Concerning ^(C1)Damascus in Syria.
"^(C2)Hamath and ^(C3)Arpad are perplexed and shamed,
For they have heard bad news;
They are ^(C4)disheartened;
Troubled and anxious like a storm-tossed sea
Which ^(C5)cannot be calmed.

²⁴ "Damascus has become helpless;
She has turned away to flee,
Terror (panic) has seized her;
^(C1)Anguish and distress have gripped her
Like a woman in childbirth.

²⁵ "Why has the renowned ^(C1)city not been deserted,
The city of My joy!

²⁶ "Therefore, her ^(C1)young men will fall in her streets,
And all her men of war will be destroyed in that day," says the LORD of hosts. ^(VR1)

²⁷ "I will ^(C1)set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will consume the palaces of ^(F1)(C2)Ben-hadad."

Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor

²⁸ Concerning ^(F1)(C1)Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of ^(F2)Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD,

"Arise, go up against Kedar
And destroy the ^(C2)men of the east.

²⁹ "They (the Babylonians) will take away their tents and their flocks;
They will carry off for themselves
Their tent ^(C1)curtains, all their goods and their ^(C2)camels,
And they will call out to one another, '^(C3)Terror on every side!' ^(VR1)

³⁰ "Flee, run far away! Dwell in the depths of the desert,
O inhabitants of Hazor," says the LORD,
"For ^(C1)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has planned a course of action against you
And devised a scheme against you.

³¹ "Arise Nebuchadnezzar, go up against a nation which is ^(C1)at ease,
Which lives securely," says the LORD,
"A nation which has ^(C2)neither gates nor bars;
They ^(C3)dwell apart and alone.

³² "Their camels will become plunder,
And their herds of cattle a spoil;
And I will ^(C1)scatter to all the four winds those who ^(C2)cut the corners of their hair as evidence of their idolatry,
And I will bring their disaster from every side," says the LORD. ^(VR1)

³³ "Hazor will become a ^(C1)haunt and dwelling place of jackals,
A desolation forever;
No one will live there,
Nor will a son of man reside in it."

Prophecy against Elam

³⁴ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning ^(F1)(C1)Elam, ^(C2)in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

³⁵ "Thus says the LORD of hosts,
'Behold (listen carefully), I am going to ^(C1)break the bow of Elam,
The finest weapon of their strength.

³⁶ 'And I will bring upon Elam the ^(C1)four winds
From the four corners of heaven;
And I will ^(C2)scatter them toward all those winds,
And there will be no nation
To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.

³⁷ 'So I will cause Elam to be shattered (dismayed) before their enemies
And before those who seek their lives;
And I will ^(C1)bring disaster on them,
Even My ^(C2)fierce anger,' says the LORD.
'And I will ^(C3)send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.

³⁸ 'Then I will set My throne of judgment in ^(F1)Elam
And I will destroy from there the king and princes,'
Says the LORD. ^(VR1)

³⁹ 'But it will be in the last days (the end of days)
That I will ^(C1)reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Elam,'"
Says the LORD.