Jeremiah 49~50

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Jeremiah 49

1. Concerning  the Ammonites; This is what the LORD says,"Has Israel no sons? Has she no heirs? Why do his people live in its towns?
2. But the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it will become a mound of ruins and its surrounding villages will be set on fire. Then Israel will drive out those who drove her out." says the LORD
3. "Wall , O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out, O inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush, here and there inside the walks for Molech will go into exile together with his priests and officials
4. Why do you boast of your valleys boast of your valleys so fruitful? O unfaithful daughter, you trust in your riches and say, Who will attack me?
5. I will bring terror on you from all those around you. declares the Lord. the LORD Almighty,"Every one of you will be driven away, and no one will rather the fugitives of the Ammonites,"
6. "Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites," declares the LORD.
7. Concerning Edom; This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perish from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
8. Turn and flee, hide ind eep caves, you who live in Dedan. for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him,
9. If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes?If  thieves came during the night, would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
10. But I will strip Esau bare. I will uncover his hiding places so that he cannot conceal himself. His children, relatives and neighbors will perish and he will be no more.
11. Leave your orphans; I will protect their lives. Your widows too can trust in me."
12. This is waht the LORD says; "If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, why should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must drink it.
13. I swear by myself" declares the LORD,"that Bozrah will become a ruin and an object of horror, of reproach and of cursing and all its towns will be in ruins forever."
14. I have heard a message from the LORD. An envoy was sent to the nations to say,"Assemble yourselves toa ttack it! Rise up for battle!"
15. "Now I will make you small among the antions,d espised among men.
16. The terror you inspire.and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of tje rocks, who accupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as tje eagle's from there I will bring you down. declares the LORD.
17. "Edom will become an object of horror; all who pass by will he appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.
18. As Sodom and  Gomorrah were overthrown. along with their neighboring towns," says  the LORD."so no one will live there. no man will dwell in it.
19. "Like a lion coming up from Jordan's thickets to a rich pastureland. I will chase Edom from its land in an instant. Who is like me and who can challenge me? And waht shepherd can stand against me?
20. Therefore , hear what the LORD has planned against Edom, what he has purposed against those who live in Teman: The young of the flock will be dragged away; he will completely destroy their pastur because of them.
21. At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble, their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
22. Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom's warriors will be like the hearts of a woman in labor
23. Concerning Damascus;"Hamath and Arpad are dismayed. for they have heard bad news. They are disheartened troubled like the restless sea.
24. Damascus has become feeble,she has turned to flee and panic has gripped her. anguish and pain have seized her. pain like that of a woman in labor
25. Why has the city of renown not been ababdoned the town in which I delight?
26. Surely, her young men will fall in the streets; declares the LORD Almighty
27. "I will set fire to tje walls of Damascus, it will cinsume the fortresses of Ben- Hadad."
28. Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked' This is what the LORD says: "Arise and attack Kedar and destroy the people of the East.
29. Their tents and their flocks will be taken; their shelters will be carried off. Men will shout to them,"Terror on every side!"
30. "Hee quickly away! Stay in deep caves, you who live on Hazor." declares the LORD."Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has plotted against you. he has devised a plan against you.
31. Arise anda ttack a nation at ease, which lives in confidence." declares the LORD."a nation that has neither gates nor bars; its people live alone.
32. Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be body, I will scatter to the winds those who are in distant places and will bring disater on them from every side." declares the LORD.
33. "Hazor will become a haunt of jackals. a desolate place forever . No one will live there; no man will dwell in it."
34. This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam ,e arly in the reign of Zedekiah king if Judah.
35. This is waht the LORD Almighty says; "See, I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might
36. I will bring against Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the heavens. I will scatter them to the four winds and there will not be a nation where Elam's exiles do not go
37. I will shatter Elam before their foes. before those who seek their lives; even my fierce anger," declares the LORD."I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.
38. I will set my throne in Elam and destroy her king and officials," declares the LORD.
39. "Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam in days to corne." declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 50

1. This is the word the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of thje Babyloians/
2. "Anounce and proclaim among the antions, lift up a banner and proclaim it: keep nothing back but say.Babylon will be captured. Bel will be out to shjame, Marduk filled withj terror. her images will be put to shame. and her idols filled with terror
3. A nation from the north will attack her and lay waste her land. No one will live in it; both men and animals will flee away.
4. "In those days at tjat time." declares the LORD."the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in fears tos eek the LORD their God.
5. They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten
6. "My people have been lost sheep; their caused them to roam on the mountains. They wandered over mountain and hill and forgot their own resting place
7. Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said."We are not guilty. for theu sinned against the LORD. their true pasture the LORD. the hope of their fathers.
8. "Flee out of Babylon; leave the land of the Babylonians, and be like the goats  that lead the flock
9. For I will stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of great nations from the land of the north. They will take up their positions against her. and from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
10. So Babylonia will be plunderd; all who plunder her will have their till,'decvlares the LORD.
11. "Because you rejoice and are glad, you who pillage my inheritance  because you froliv my inheritance, because you froliv like a heifer threshing grain and neigh like stallions.
12. your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who gave you birh will be disgraced.She will be the least of the nation a wilderness a dry land a desert.
13. Because of the LORD's anger she will not be inhabited bit will be completely desolate. All who pass Babylon will be horrified and scoff became of all her wounds.
14. "Take up your positions around Babylon all you who draw the bow. Shoot at her ! Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the LORD.el
15. Shout against her on every side! She surrenders, hertowers fall, her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD. take  vengeance in her, do to her as she has done to others
16. Cut off from Babylon the sower, and teh reaper with his sickle at ahrvest. Because of the sword of the oppressor let everyone return to his own people. ler everyone return to his own people let everyone flee to his own land.
17. "Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon."
18. Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel says."I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Asshyria
19. But I will bring Israel back to his own pasture and he will graze on Camel and Bashan; his appetite will be saisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead
20. In those  days ,a t that time declares the LORD."Search will be made for Israel's guilt but there will be none and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found for I will forgive the remnant I spare.
21. "Attack the land of Merathaim and those who live in Pekod. Pursue kill and completely destroy them" deccclares the LORD. Do everything I have commanded you.
22. The noise of battle is to the land, the noise of great destruction?
23. How broken and shattered is the ha,,er of thje whole earth! How desolate is Babylon among the nations!
24. I set a trap for you . O Babylon. and you were caught before you knew it. you were found amd captured because  you opposed the LORD.
25. The LORD has opened his arsenal and brought out the weapons of his wrath. for tje Sovereign LORD Almighty has work to do in the land of the Babyloians
26. Come against her from afar, Break open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain. Completely destory her and leave her  no remnant
27. Kill all her youung bulls, let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished.
28. Listen to the fugitives and refugees from Babyhlon, declaring in Zion how the LORD our God has taken vengeance, vengeance for his temple/
29. "Summon archers against Babylon. all those who draw the bow. Encamp all around her, let no one escape. Repay her for her deeds, do to her for her deeds; do to her as she has done, For she has defied the LORD. the Holy One of Israel
30. Therefore , her young men will fall in the streets; all her soldiers will be silenced in thet day," declares the LORD.
31. "See, I am against you. O arrogant one." declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty,"For your day has come, the time for you to be purnished
32. The arrogant one will shumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who around her,"
33. This is what the LORD Almighty says: "The people of Israel are opp[ressed and the people of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast ,refusing to let them go.
34. Yet their Redeemer is strong the LORD Almighty is his name. He will vigorously defend their cause so that he may bring rest to their land, b ut unrest to those who live in Babylon
35. "A sword against the Babylonians!" declares the LORD-"against those who live in Babhylon and against her officials and wise men!
36. A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror
37. A sword against her horses and chariots and all the foreigners in her ranks! They will become women. A sword  against her treasures! They will be plundered
38. A drought on her waters! They will dry up. For it is a land of idols , idols that will go mad with terror.
39. "So desert creatures and hyenas will live there, and there the owl will dwell. If will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
40. As  God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighboring towns," declares the LORD."so no one will live there; no man will dwell in it,
41. "Look! An army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are being stirred up from the ends of the earth
42. They are armed with bows and spars; they are cruel and without mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses ;' they come  like men in battle formation to attack you, O Daughter of Babylon
43. The king of Babylo has heard reports about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him pain like that of a woman in labor
44. Like a lion coming up from Jordan's thickets to a rich pastureland. I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? Who is like me and who can challenge me? And what she[herd can stand against me?"
45. Therefore hear what the LORD has planned against Babylonians. The young of the flock will be dragged away; he will completely destroy their pasture because of them.
46. At the sound of Babylon's capture the earth will tremble," its cry will resound among the nations