Jeremiah 49:20-50
20 Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman:(A) The flock’s little lambs will certainly be dragged away,(B) and their grazing land will be made desolate because of them.
21 At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; the sound of her cry will be heard at the Red Sea.(C)
22 Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upward, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.(D)
Prophecies against Damascus
23 About Damascus:(E)
Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,(F)
for they have heard a bad report and are agitated;
in the sea there is anxiety that cannot be calmed.
24 for they have heard a bad report and are agitated;
in the sea there is anxiety that cannot be calmed.
Damascus has become weak;
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
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26 she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
Therefore, her young men will fall in her public squares;
all the warriors will perish in that day.
This is the declaration of
the Lord of Hosts.(H)
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all the warriors will perish in that day.
This is the declaration of
the Lord of Hosts.(H)
Prophecies against Kedar and Hazor
28 About Kedar(J) and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar,(K) Babylon’s king, defeated, this is what the Lord says:
Rise up, go against Kedar,
and destroy the people of the east!
29 and destroy the people of the east!
They will take their tents and their flocks
along with their tent curtains and all their equipment.
They will take their camels for themselves.
They will call out to them:
Terror is on every side!(L)
30 along with their tent curtains and all their equipment.
They will take their camels for themselves.
They will call out to them:
Terror is on every side!(L)
Run! Escape quickly! Lie low,
residents of Hazor—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has drawn up a plan against you;
he has devised a strategy against you.
residents of Hazor—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has drawn up a plan against you;
he has devised a strategy against you.
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Rise up, go up against a nation at ease,
one living in security.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They have no doors, not even a gate bar;
they live alone.(M)
32 one living in security.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They have no doors, not even a gate bar;
they live alone.(M)
Their camels will become plunder,
and their massive herds of cattle will become spoil.(N)
I will scatter them to the wind in every direction,
those who shave their temples;
I will bring calamity on them across all their borders.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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and their massive herds of cattle will become spoil.(N)
I will scatter them to the wind in every direction,
those who shave their temples;
I will bring calamity on them across all their borders.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Prophecies against Elam
34 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam(a) at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.(Q)
35 This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
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I will bring the four winds against Elam
from the four corners of the heavens,
and I will scatter them to all these winds.
There will not be a nation
to which Elam’s banished ones will not go.
37 from the four corners of the heavens,
and I will scatter them to all these winds.
There will not be a nation
to which Elam’s banished ones will not go.
I will devastate Elam before their enemies,
before those who want to take their lives.
I will bring disaster on them,
My burning anger.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will send the sword after them(S)
until I finish them off.
38 before those who want to take their lives.
I will bring disaster on them,
My burning anger.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will send the sword after them(S)
until I finish them off.
I will set My throne in Elam,
and I will destroy the king and officials from there.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
and I will destroy the king and officials from there.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 49:34: modern Iran
b.
Jeremiah 49:35: Lit first
c.
Jeremiah 49:39: Or will end the captivity