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Prophecy
against Ammon |
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| Jeremiah 49:1 |
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Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says the
LORD: "Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no heirs? Why then has Malcam taken
possession of Gad And his people settled in its cities? |
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| Jeremiah 49:2 |
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"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares
the LORD, "That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard Against Rabbah
of the sons of Ammon; And it will become a desolate heap, And her towns will be
set on fire. Then Israel will take possession of his possessors," Says the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 49:3 |
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"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, And
rush back and forth inside the walls; For Malcam will go into exile Together with
his priests and his princes. |
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| Jeremiah 49:4 |
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"How boastful you are about the valleys! Your
valley is flowing away, O backsliding daughter Who trusts in her treasures, saying,
'Who will come against me?' |
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| Jeremiah 49:5 |
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"Behold, I am going to bring terror upon you,"
Declares the Lord GOD of hosts, "From all directions around you; And each of you
will be driven out headlong, With no one to gather the fugitives together. |
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| Jeremiah 49:6 |
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"But afterward I will restore The fortunes of
the sons of Ammon," Declares the LORD. |
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Prophecy against Edom |
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| Jeremiah 49:7 |
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Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts,
"Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed? |
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| Jeremiah 49:8 |
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"Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Dedan, For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him At the
time I punish him. |
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| Jeremiah 49:9 |
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"If grape gatherers came to you, Would they
not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, They would destroy only until they
had enough. |
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| Jeremiah 49:10 |
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"But I have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered
his hiding places So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His offspring
has been destroyed along with his relatives And his neighbors, and he is no more.
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| Jeremiah 49:11 |
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"Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them
alive; And let your widows trust in Me." |
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| Jeremiah 49:12 |
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For thus says the LORD, "Behold, those who were
not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who
will be completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly
drink it. |
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| Jeremiah 49:13 |
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"For I have sworn by Myself," declares the LORD,
"that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse;
and all its cities will become perpetual ruins." |
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| Jeremiah 49:14 |
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I have heard a message from the LORD, And an
envoy is sent among the nations, saying, "Gather yourselves together and come
against her, And rise up for battle!" |
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| Jeremiah 49:15 |
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"For behold, I have made you small among the
nations, Despised among men. |
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| Jeremiah 49:16 |
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"As for the terror of you, The arrogance of
your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock, Who occupy
the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle's, I will
bring you down from there," declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 49:17 |
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"Edom will become an object of horror; everyone
who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds. |
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| Jeremiah 49:18 |
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"Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with
its neighbors," says the LORD, "no one will live there, nor will a son of man
reside in it. |
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| Jeremiah 49:19 |
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"Behold, one will come up like a lion from the
thickets of the Jordan against a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant
I will make him run away from it, and whoever is chosen I shall appoint over it.
For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd
who can stand against Me?" |
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| Jeremiah 49:20 |
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Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He
has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants
of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely
He will make their pasture desolate because of them. |
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| Jeremiah 49:21 |
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The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall.
There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea. |
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| Jeremiah 49:22 |
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Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle
and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom
in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor. |
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Prophecy against Damascus |
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| Jeremiah 49:23 |
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Concerning Damascus. "Hamath and Arpad are put
to shame, For they have heard bad news; They are disheartened. There is anxiety
by the sea, It cannot be calmed. |
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| Jeremiah 49:24 |
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"Damascus has become helpless; She has turned
away to flee, And panic has gripped her; Distress and pangs have taken hold of
her Like a woman in childbirth. |
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| Jeremiah 49:25 |
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"How the city of praise has not been deserted,
The town of My joy! |
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| Jeremiah 49:26 |
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"Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets,
And all the men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the LORD of hosts. |
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| Jeremiah 49:27 |
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"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And
it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad." |
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Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor |
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| Jeremiah 49:28 |
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Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor,
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD, "Arise, go
up to Kedar And devastate the men of the east. |
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| Jeremiah 49:29 |
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"They will take away their tents and their flocks;
They will carry off for themselves Their tent curtains, all their goods and their
camels, And they will call out to one another, 'Terror on every side!' |
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| Jeremiah 49:30 |
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"Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths, O inhabitants
of Hazor," declares the LORD; "For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a
plan against you And devised a scheme against you. |
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| Jeremiah 49:31 |
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"Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease,
Which lives securely," declares the LORD. "It has no gates or bars; They dwell
alone. |
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| Jeremiah 49:32 |
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"Their camels will become plunder, And their
many cattle for booty, And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners
of their hair; And I will bring their disaster from every side," declares the
LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 49:33 |
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"Hazor will become a haunt of jackals, A desolation
forever; No one will live there, Nor will a son of man reside in it." |
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Prophecy against Elam |
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| Jeremiah 49:34 |
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That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah
the prophet concerning Elam, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of
Judah, saying: |
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| Jeremiah 49:35 |
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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Behold, I am
going to break the bow of Elam, The finest of their might. |
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| Jeremiah 49:36 |
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'I will bring upon Elam the four winds From
the four ends of heaven, And will scatter them to all these winds; And there will
be no nation To which the outcasts of Elam will not go. |
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| Jeremiah 49:37 |
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'So I will shatter Elam before their enemies
And before those who seek their lives; And I will bring calamity upon them, Even
My fierce anger,' declares the LORD, 'And I will send out the sword after them
Until I have consumed them. |
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| Jeremiah 49:38 |
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'Then I will set My throne in Elam And destroy
out of it king and princes,' Declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 49:39 |
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'But it will come about in the last days That
I will restore the fortunes of Elam,'" Declares the LORD. |
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