Jeremiah 49
The Prophecy
concerning the Ammonites |
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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And afterward I will bring again the
captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
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The Prophecy
concerning Edom |
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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?
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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.
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If grape gatherers come to thee, would
they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night,
they will destroy till they have enough.
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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 neighbors,
and he is not.
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Leave thy fatherless children, I will
preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in
me.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For, lo, I will make thee small among the
heathen, and despised among men.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Prophecy
concerning Damascus |
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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.
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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.
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How is the city of praise not left, the
city of my joy!
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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.
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And I will kindle a fire in the wall of
Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-ha'dad.
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The Prophecy
concerning Kedar and Hazor |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Prophecy
concerning Elam |
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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,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
the chief of their might.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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