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Chapter 49
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Concerning the Ammonites, 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
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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
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Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai 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
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Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing
valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures,
saying, Who shall come unto me? |
5
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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
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And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the
children of Ammon, saith the LORD. |
7
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Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom
no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent?
is their wisdom vanished? |
8
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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
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If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave
some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will
destroy till they have enough. |
10
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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 neighbours,
and he is not. |
11
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Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them
alive; and let thy widows trust in me. |
12
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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
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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
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I have heard a rumour 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
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For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen,
and despised among men. |
16
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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
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Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth
by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the
plagues thereof. |
18
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As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour
cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there,
neither shall a son of man dwell in it. |
19
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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
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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
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The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the
cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. |
22
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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. |
23
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Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad:
for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted;
there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. |
24
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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
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How is the city of praise not left, the city of my
joy! |
26
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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
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And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and
it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad. |
28
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Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor,
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus
saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the
men of the east. |
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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
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Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants
of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived
a purpose against you. |
31
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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
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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
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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. |
34
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet
against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah
king of Judah, saying, |
35
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break
the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. |
36
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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
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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
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And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy
from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. |
39
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But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that
I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. |
