“1 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 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 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 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.”
"7 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 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 grapegatherers 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 neighbours, 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 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 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 neighbour [cities] thereof,
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.”
“23 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 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 Benhadad.”
“28 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. 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 Nebuchadrezzar 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.”
“34 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
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.” (Jeremiah 49:1-39 AV)