Jeremiah 49:23–39
23 Concerning Damascus:
“Hamath and Arpad are ashamed,
for they have heard bad news;
they melt.
There is concern in the sea.
It is not able to keep quiet.
She has turned away to flee and panic.
Anxiety has seized her,
and labor pains have grasped her,
like a woman in labor.
25 How the city of praise has not been abandoned!
The city of my joy!
26 ⌊Therefore⌋g her young men will fall in her public squares,
and all ⌊the soldiers⌋h will perish in that day,” ⌊declares⌋i Yahweh of hosts.
27 “And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus,
and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
A Message Concerning Kedar and the Kingdoms of Hazor
28 Concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon defeated. Thus says Yahweh:
“Rise up, go up against Kedar
and destroy the peoplej of the east.
29 They will take their tents, and their flocks,
their tent curtains, and all their equipment,
and their camels they will carry away for themselves,
and they will call to them, ‘Terror is from all around.’
30 Flee! Wander far away! ⌊Get down low⌋!k
O inhabitants of Hazor,” ⌊declares⌋l Yahweh.
“For Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has planned a plan against you.
And he has schemedm a schemen against you.
31 Rise up, go up against a nation which is at ease,
living ⌊securely⌋,”o ⌊declares⌋p Yahweh.
“There are no gates and there are no barsq for them,
they dwell alone.
32 And their camels will become as plunder,
and the multitude of their livestock as spoil.
And I will scatter to every wind those who are trimmed to the side,
and from ⌊every side⌋r I will bring their disaster,” ⌊declares⌋s Yahweh.
33 “And Hazor will become as a lair of jackals,
a waste forever;
no one will live there,
and no son of humankind will dwell as an alien in it.”
34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the king of Judah, ⌊saying⌋,t 35 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts:
‘Look, I am going to break the bow of Elam,
the first and best of their might.
36 And I will bring to Elam four winds,
from the four corners of heaven,
and I will scatter them to all these winds,
and there will not be a nation
where the scattered people of Elam will not go.
37 So I will shatter Elam ⌊before⌋u their enemies,
and ⌊before⌋v the seekers of their life.
And I will bring disaster upon them,
⌊my burning anger⌋,w’ ⌊declares⌋x Yahweh.
‘And I will send after them the sword
until I have destroyed them.
38 And I will set my throne in Elam
and I will destroy from there king and officials,’ ⌊declares⌋y Yahweh.
39 ‘⌊And then⌋z in the last of the days