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Jeremiah 49:23-39 (MSG)

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²³ The Message on Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad will be in shock when they hear the bad news. Their hearts will melt in fear as they pace back and forth in worry. ²⁴ The blood will drain from the face of Damascus as she turns to flee. Hysterical, she'll fall to pieces, disabled, like a woman in childbirth. ²⁵ And now how lonely--bereft, abandoned! The once famous city, the once happy city. ²⁶ Her bright young men dead in the streets, her brave warriors silent as death. On that day"--Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies-- ²⁷ "I'll start a fire at the wall of Damascus that will burn down all of Ben-hadad's forts." ²⁸ The Message on Kedar and the sheikdoms of Hazor who were attacked by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. This is GOD's Message: "On your feet! Attack Kedar! Plunder the Bedouin nomads from the east. ²⁹ Grab their blankets and pots and pans. Steal their camels. Traumatize them, shouting, 'Terror! Death! Doom! Danger everywhere!' ³⁰ Oh, run for your lives, You nomads from Hazor." GOD's Decree. "Find a safe place to hide. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has plans to wipe you out, to go after you with a vengeance: ³¹ 'After them,' he says. 'Go after these relaxed nomads who live free and easy in the desert, Who live in the open with no doors to lock, who live off by themselves.' ³² Their camels are there for the taking, their herds and flocks, easy picking. I'll scatter them to the four winds, these defenseless nomads on the fringes of the desert. I'll bring terror from every direction. They won't know what hit them." GOD's Decree. ³³ "Jackals will take over the camps of Hazor, camps abandoned to wind and sand. No one will live there, no mortal soul move in there." ³⁴ GOD's Message to the prophet Jeremiah on Elam at the outset of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. ³⁵ This is what GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies says: "Watch this! I'll break Elam's bow, her weapon of choice, across my knee. ³⁶ Then I'll let four winds loose on Elam, winds from the four corners of earth. I'll blow them away in all directions, landing homeless Elamites in every country on earth. ³⁷ They'll live in constant fear and terror among enemies who want to kill them. I'll bring doom on them, my anger-fueled doom. I'll set murderous hounds on their heels until there's nothing left of them. ³⁸ And then I'll set up my throne in Elam, having thrown out the king and his henchmen. ³⁹ But the time will come when I make everything right for Elam again." GOD's Decree.

Definition(s):
Arpad (Ar-pad): the light of redemption
Babylon (Bab-el-on): same as Babel
Damascus (Da-mas-kus): a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning
Elam (Ee-lam): a young man; a virgin; a secret
Hazor (Heh-zor): court; hay
Hazor (Ha-zohr): court; hay
Jeremiah (Jer-em-eye-ya): exaltation of the Lord
Kedar (Kee-dar): blackness; sorrow
Nebuchadnezzar (Neb-ukh-ad-nezz-ar): Nebuchadrezzar, tears and groans of judgment
Zedekiah (Zedd-ek-eye-a): the Lord is my justice; the justice of the Lord
Elamites (Ee-lam-ights):
On (Onn):