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| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. |
The Book of the Prophet |
| Jeremiah |
| 49 |
The Prophecy concerning the Ammonites | |
| 1 |
Concerning the Ammonites, Ezek. 21.28-32 ; 25.1-7 · Amos 1.13-15 · 2.8-11 thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? |
| 2 |
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. |
| 3 |
¶ Howl, O Heshbon, for A'i is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. |
| 4 |
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? |
| 5 |
Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. |
| 6 |
And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD. |
The Prophecy concerning Edom | |
| 7 |
¶ Concerning Edom, Is. 34.5-17 ; 63.1-6 · Ezek. 25.12-14 ; 35.1-15 · Amos 1.11, 12 · 1.14 · Mal. 1.2-5 thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? |
| 8 |
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. |
| 9 |
If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. |
| 10 |
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbors, and he is not. |
| 11 |
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. |
| 12 |
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. |
| 13 |
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. |
| 14 |
¶ I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. |
| 15 |
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. |
| 16 |
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. |
| 17 |
¶ Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. |
| 18 |
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, Gen. 19.24, 25 saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. |
| 19 |
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? |
| 20 |
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. |
| 21 |
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall; at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. |
| 22 |
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. |
The Prophecy concerning Damascus | |
| 23 |
¶ Concerning Damascus. Is. 17.1-3 · Amos 1.3-5 · Zech. 9.1 Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings: they are faint-hearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. |
| 24 |
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. |
| 25 |
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! |
| 26 |
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. |
| 27 |
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben–ha'dad. |
The Prophecy concerning Kedar and Hazor | |
| 28 |
¶ Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. |
| 29 |
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. |
| 30 |
Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. |
| 31 |
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. |
| 32 |
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. |
| 33 |
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. |
The Prophecy concerning Elam | |
| 34 |
¶ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedeki'ah king of Judah, saying, |
| 35 |
¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. |
| 36 |
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. |
| 37 |
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: |
| 38 |
and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. |
| 39 |
¶ But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. |
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