the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
[7] Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
[8]
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the
time that I will visit him.
[9] If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
[10] But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered
his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his
neighbours, and he is not.
[11] Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows
trust in me.
[12] For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have
assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished,
but thou shalt surely drink of it.
[13] For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become
a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
[14]
I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather
ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
[15] For, lo, I will make thee small among
the heathen, and despised among men.
[16] Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine
heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest
make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
[17] Also Edom
shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues
thereof.
[18] As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the
LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
[19] Behold, he shall come up
like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him
run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and
who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
[20] Therefore hear
the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed
against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make
their habitations desolate with them.
[21] The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise
thereof was heard in the Red sea.
[22] Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his
wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman
in her pangs.
[23] Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil
tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
[24] Damascus is waxed feeble,
and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman
in travail.
[25] How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
[26] Therefore her young men shall fall
in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
[27] And I will
kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
[28] Concerning
Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus
saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
[29] Their tents and their flocks
shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and
they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
[30] Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of
Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath
conceived a purpose against you.
[31] Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without
care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
[32] And their camels shall
be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the
utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
[33] And Hazor shall
be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man
dwell in it.
[34] The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning
of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
[35] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break
the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
[36] And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four
quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither
the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
[37] For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and
before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and
I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
[38] And I will set my throne in Elam, and will
destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
[39] But it shall come to pass in the latter
days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.