Jeremiah 49:1–22

Judgment on Ammon

49^aConcerning the Ammonites.

Thus says the Lord:

“Has Israel no sons?

Has he no heir?

Why then has ^bMilcom^{1 c}dispossessed Gad,

and his people settled in its cities?

²Therefore, behold, the days are coming,

declares the Lord,

when I will cause ^dthe battle cry to be heard

against ^eRabbah of the Ammonites;

it shall become a desolate ^fmound,

and its villages shall be burned with fire;

then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,

says the Lord.

³“Wail, O ^gHeshbon, for Ai is laid waste!

Cry out, O daughters of ^eRabbah!

^hPut on sackcloth,

lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!

For ⁱMilcom shall go into exile,

^jwith his priests and his officials.

⁴Why do you boast of your valleys,²

^kO faithless daughter,

^lwho trusted in her treasures, saying,

‘Who will come against me?’

⁵Behold, ^mI will bring terror upon you,

declares the Lord God of hosts,

from all who are around you,

and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him,

with none to gather the fugitives.

⁶“But ⁿafterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord.”

Judgment on Edom

⁷Concerning ^oEdom.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

^p“Is wisdom no more in ^pTeman?

^qHas counsel perished from the prudent?

^qHas their wisdom vanished?

^8rFlee, turn back, dwell in the depths,

O inhabitants of ^sDedan!

For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,

^tthe time when I punish him.

^9uIf grape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave ^vgleanings?

^uIf thieves came by night,

would they not destroy only enough for themselves?

^10wBut I have stripped Esau bare;

^uI have uncovered his hiding places,

and he is not able to conceal himself.

His children are destroyed, and his brothers,

and his neighbors; and ^xhe is no more.

^11yLeave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;

^yand let your widows trust in me.”

¹²For thus says the Lord: ^z“If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, ^awill you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. ^13bFor I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that ^cBozrah shall become ^da horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

^14eI have heard a message from the Lord,

and an envoy has been sent among the nations:

^f“Gather yourselves together and come against her,

and rise up for battle!

¹⁵For behold, I will make you small among the nations,

despised among mankind.

¹⁶The horror you inspire has deceived you,

and the pride of your heart,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,³

who hold the height of the hill.

Though you ^gmake your nest as high as the eagle’s,

I will bring you down from there,

declares the Lord.

^17h“Edom shall become a horror. ⁱEveryone who passes by it will be horrified ⁱand will hiss because of all its disasters. ^18jAs when Sodom and Gomorrah and their ^kneighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, ^lno man shall dwell there, ^lno man shall sojourn in her. ^19mBehold, ⁿlike a lion coming up from ^othe jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him⁴ run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. ^pFor who is like me? ^qWho will summon me? ^rWhat shepherd can stand before me? ²⁰Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against ^sEdom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of ^tTeman: ^uEven the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. ²¹At the sound of their fall ^vthe earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. ²²Behold, ^wone shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against ^xBozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart ^yof a woman in her birth pains.”