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Jeremiah 49:1-39 (AMP)

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¹ CONCERNING and against the Ammonites: Thus says the Lord: Has Israel no sons ? Has no heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed and inherited Gad, and his people dwell in Gad's cities? ² Therefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it will become a desolate heap, and its daughter will be burned with fire. Then will Israel dispossess those who dispossessed him, says the Lord. ³ Wail, O Heshbon , for Ai is laid waste! Cry out, you daughter of Rabbah! Gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro inside the enclosures; for Milcom shall go into exile, together with his priests and his princes. ⁴ Why do you boast of your valleys? Your valley flows away, O rebellious and faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, who said, Who can come against me? ⁵ Behold, I will bring terror upon you, says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, from all who are round about you; and you will be driven out, each man fleeing straight before him , and there will be no one to gather together the fugitives. ⁶ And afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon and restore their fortunes, says the Lord. ⁷ Concerning and against Edom: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman ? Has counsel vanished from the intelligent and prudent? Is their wisdom all poured out and used up? ⁸ Flee, turn back, dwell deep , O inhabitants of Dedan ! For I will bring the calamity and destruction of Esau upon him when I inspect and punish him. ⁹ If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some ungleaned grapes? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only what is enough ? ¹⁰ But I have stripped Esau (Edom) bare; I have uncovered his hiding places, and he cannot hide himself. His offspring will be destroyed, with his brethren and his neighbors; and he will be no more. ¹¹ Leave your fatherless children; I will preserve them alive. And let your widows trust and confide in Me. ¹² For thus says the Lord: Behold, they whose rule was not to drink the cup shall assuredly drink--and are you to remain unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink. ¹³ For I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes. ¹⁴ I have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger is sent to the nations, saying, Gather together and come against her! And rise up for the battle. ¹⁵ For, behold, I will make you small among the nations and despised among men. ¹⁶ Your horror (your idol) has deceived you, and the pride of your heart , O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock , who hold and occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord. ¹⁷ And Edom shall be an astonishment and a horror; everyone who goes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss with horror at all its plagues and disasters. ¹⁸ As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there; neither shall a son of man live in it temporarily. ¹⁹ See, there comes up one like a lion from the jungles (the pride) of the Jordan against the strong habitation and into the permanent pastures; for in a twinkling I will drive him from there. And I will appoint over him the one whom I choose. For who is like Me? And who will appoint for Me the time and prosecute Me for this proceeding? And what shepherd can stand before Me and defy Me? ²⁰ Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has made against Edom, and His purposes which He has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall be dragged away , even the little ones of the flock; surely He shall make their habitation desolate because of them and their fold shocked at their fate. ²¹ At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; at their crying the sound shall be heard at the Red Sea. ²² Behold, one will come up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah; and in that day the hearts of the mighty warriors of Edom will be like the heart of a woman in her pangs . ²³ Concerning and against Damascus : Hamath and Arpad are confounded and put to shame, for they have heard bad news; they are fainthearted and wasting away; there is trouble and anxiety on a sea which cannot rest. ²⁴ Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee, and terror and panic have seized her; anguish and sorrow have taken hold of her, like a woman in childbirth. ²⁵ How the renowned city is not deserted, the city of my joy! . ²⁶ Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day, says the Lord of hosts. ²⁷ And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-hadad . ²⁸ Concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite: Thus says the Lord : Arise, go up against Kedar and destroy the sons of the east. ²⁹ Their tents and their flocks shall they take--their tent hangings and all their utensils and their camels. And men shall cry to them, Terror on every side! ³⁰ Flee, wander far off, dwell deep , O you inhabitants of Hazor says the Lord, for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has planned a course against you and has conceived a purpose against you. ³¹ Arise , get up into a nation which is at ease, which dwells without care, says the Lord, which has neither gates nor bars, which dwells apart and alone. ³² And their camels will be booty, and their herds of cattle a spoil; and I will scatter to all winds those who clip off the corners of their hair, and I will bring their calamity from every side, says the Lord. ³³ And Hazor shall become a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever; no man shall dwell there; neither shall a son of man live in it temporarily. ³⁴ The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning and against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, ³⁵ Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their strength. ³⁶ And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four corners of heaven; and I will scatter them toward all those winds, and there will be no nation to which the outcasts of Elam will not come. ³⁷ And I will cause Elam to be dismayed and terrified before their enemies and before those who seek and demand their lives; and I will bring evil and disaster upon them, even My fierce anger, says the Lord. And I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them. ³⁸ And I will set My throne in Elam ; and I will destroy from their king and princes, says the Lord. ³⁹ But it shall be in the latter days (the end of days) that I will reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Elam, says the Lord.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 19) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Who is like me and who can challenge me?

Definition(s):
Ai (Eh-eye): or Hai, mass; heap
Ammon (Amon): a people; the son of my people
Arpad (Ar-pad): the light of redemption
Babylon (Bab-el-on): same as Babel
Bozrah (Bozz-ra): in tribulation or distress
Damascus (Da-mas-kus): a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning
Dedan (Deh-dan): their breasts; friendship; a judge
Edom (Ee-dom): red, earthy; of blood
Elam (Ee-lam): a young man; a virgin; a secret
Esau (Ee-saw): he that acts or finishes
Gomorrah (Ge-morr-a): rebellious people
Hamath (Ham-ath): anger; heat; a wall
Hazor (Heh-zor): court; hay
Hazor (Ha-zohr): court; hay
Heshbon (Hesh-bon): invention; industry
Israel (Iz-rehl): who prevails with God
Israel (Is-ra-el): who prevails with God
Jeremiah (Jer-em-eye-ya): exaltation of the Lord
Jordan (Jor-dan): the river of judgment
Kedar (Kee-dar): blackness; sorrow
Milcom (Mil-khohm): their king
Rabbah (Rab-ba): great; powerful; contentious
Sodom (Sodd-om): their secret; their cement
Teman (The-man): Temani, the south; Africa; perfect
Zedekiah (Zedd-ek-eye-a): the Lord is my justice; the justice of the Lord
Ben-hadad (Ben-hay-dad):
Ben-hadad (Ben-had-ad):
Nebuchadrezzar (Neb-ukh-ad-red-zar):