1 Word Against Ammon Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh:“Does Israel have no sons?Or has he no one who can take possession?Why then has 49:1In 1 Kin11:5, 33and Zeph 1:5,Milcom Malcam taken possession of GadAnd his people settled in its cities?
2 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,“That I will cause a 49:2Or shout of trumpet blast of war to be heardAgainst 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 Yahweh.
3 “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 49:3Cf.49:1 Malcam will go into exileTogether with his priests and his princes.
4 “How boastful you are about the valleys!Your valley is flowingaway,O faithless daughterWho trusts in her treasures,saying,‘Who will come against me?’
5 “Behold, I am going to bring dread upon you,”Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts,“From all around you;And each of you will be banished 49:5Lit before him headlong,With no one to gather the one who flees.
6 “But afterward I will 49:6Or restore returnThe 49:6Or captivity fortunes of the sons of Ammon,”Declares Yahweh.Word Against Edom
7 ¶Concerning Edom.Thus says Yahweh of hosts,“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?Has counsel been lost to the understanding?Has their wisdom decayed?
8 “Flee away, turn back, inhabit the depths,O inhabitants of Dedan,For I 49:8Or brought will bring the disaster of Esau upon himAt the time I 49:8Or punished punish him.
9 “If grape gatherers came to you,Would they not have gleanings remain?If thievescameby night,They would ruinonly 49:9Lit their sufficiency until they had enough.
10 “But I have stripped Esau bare;I have uncovered his hiding places,So that he will not be able to conceal himself;His seed has been destroyed along with his 49:10Lit brothers relativesAnd his neighbors, and he is no more.
11 “Leave your 49:11Or fatherless orphans behind, I will keepthemalive;And let your widows trust in Me.”
12 For thus says Yahweh, “Behold, those who are notunderjudgment to drink the cup will certainly drinkit, but are you the one who will go completely unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but you will certainly drinkit.
13 For I have sworn by Myself,” declares Yahweh, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin, and an imprecation; and all its cities will become perpetual 49:13Or waste places ruins.”
14 ¶I have heard a message from Yahweh,And an envoy is sent among the nations,saying,“Gather yourselves together and come against her,And rise up for battle!”
15 “For behold, I have made you small among the nations,Despised among men.
16 “As for the terror of you,The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,O you who dwell in the clefts of 49:16Or Sela the rock,Who seize the height of the hill.Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s,I will bring you down from there,” declares Yahweh.
17 “Edom will become 49:17Or a desolation an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will 49:17Or feel desolate be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.
18 Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says Yahweh, “no one will live there, nor will a son of man sojourn in it.
19 Behold, one will come up like a lion from the 49:19Lit pride thickets of the Jordan against an enduring 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 49:19Or cause Me to testify, cf. Job 9:19 summon Meinto court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”
20 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh which He has counseled against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off,eventhe little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.
21 The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the 49:21Lit Sea of Reeds Red Sea.
22 Behold, 49:22Or one He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings 49:22Or over against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.Word Against Damascus
23 ¶Concerning Damascus.“Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,For they have heard a bad report;They are melting away.There is anxiety by the sea,It cannot be quieted.
24 “Damascus has become limpin their hands;She has turned away to flee,And panic has taken hold of her;Distress and pangs have seized herLike a woman in childbirth.
25 “How 49:25 Or deserted is the city of praise the city of praise has not been forsaken,The town of My joy!
26 “Therefore, her young men will fall in her open squares,And all the men of war will be 49:26Or destroyed silenced in that day,” declares Yahweh of hosts.
27 “I will set fire to the wall of Damascus,And it will devour the 49:27Or palaces fortified towers of Ben-hadad.”Word Against Kedar and Hazor
28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down. Thus says Yahweh,“Arise, go up to KedarAnd destroy the 49:28Lit sons men of the east.
29 “They will take away their tents and their flocks;They will carry off for themselvesTheir tent curtains, all their goods, and their camels,And they will call out to one another, ‘Terror on every side!’
30 “Run away, flee earnestly! Inhabit the depths,O inhabitants of Hazor,” declares Yahweh;“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against youAnd purposed a purpose against you.
31 “Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease,Which inhabitsits landsecurely,” declares Yahweh.“It has no gates or bars;They dwell alone.
32 “Their camels will become plunder,And their many cattle for spoil,And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the cornersof their hair;And I will bring their 49:32Heb root is similar to Edom disaster from every side,” declares Yahweh.
33 “Hazor will become a haunt of jackals,A desolation forever;No one will inhabit there,Nor will a son of man sojourn in it.”Word Against Elam
34 That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
35 ¶“Thus says Yahweh of hosts,‘Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam,The 49:35Lit first finest of their might.
36 ‘I will bring upon Elam the four windsFrom the four ends of heaven,And I will scatter them to all these winds;And there will be no nationTo which the banished ones of Elam will not go.
37 ‘So I will 49:37Or dismay shatter Elam before their enemiesAnd before those who seek their lives;And I will bring calamity upon them,Even My burning anger,’ declares Yahweh,‘And I will send out the sword after themUntil I have consumed them.
38 ‘Then I will set My throne in ElamAnd cause king and princes from there to perish,’Declares Yahweh.
39 ‘But it will be in the last daysThat I will 49:39Or restore return the 49:39Or captivity fortunes of Elam,’ ”Declares Yahweh.