Jeremiah 44-49

English Standard Version

Judgment for Idolatry

44 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at ^(A)Migdol, at ^(B)Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of ^(C)Pathros, ²“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day ^(D)they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them, ³because of the evil that they committed, ^(E)provoking me to anger, ^(F)in that they went to make offerings ^(G)and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. ⁴^(H)Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ ⁵^(I)But they did not listen ^(J)or incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods. ⁶^(K)Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, ^(L)and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day. ⁷And now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil ^(M)against yourselves, to cut off from you ^(N)man and woman, ^(O)infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant? ⁸^(P)Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, ^(Q)making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become ^(R)a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth? ⁹Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, ^(S)the evil of the kings of Judah, ^(T)the evil of their^[a] wives, your own evil, ^(U)and the evil of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? ¹⁰They have not humbled themselves even to this day, ^(V)nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.

¹¹“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(W)Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah. ¹²I will take the remnant of Judah who have ^(X)set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. ^(Y)In the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine ^(Z)they shall be consumed. ^(AA)From the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, ^(AB)and they shall become an oath, a horror, ^(AC)a curse, and a taunt. ¹³^(AD)I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, ¹⁴^(AE)so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive ^(AF)or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, ^(AG)except some fugitives.”

¹⁵Then all the men who knew that ^(AH)their wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in ^(AI)Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah: ¹⁶“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, ^(AJ)we will not listen to you. ¹⁷^(AK)But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to ^(AL)the queen of heaven ^(AM)and pour out drink offerings to her, ^(AN)as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster. ¹⁸But since we left off making offerings to ^(AO)the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything ^(AP)and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.” ¹⁹And the women said,^[b] “When we made offerings to the queen of heaven ^(AQ)and poured out drink offerings to her, was it ^(AR)without our husbands' approval that we made cakes for her bearing her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”

²⁰Then Jeremiah said to all the people, ^(AS)men and women, all the people who had given him this answer: ²¹^(AT)“As for the offerings that you offered in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your officials, and the people of the land, ^(AU)did not the Lord remember them? Did it not come into his mind? ²²^(AV)The Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and ^(AW)the abominations that you committed. ^(AX)Therefore your land has become ^(AY)a desolation and a waste and a curse, ^(AZ)without inhabitant, as it is this day. ²³It is because you made offerings ^(BA)and because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies ^(BB)that this disaster has happened to you, as at this day.”

²⁴Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, ^(BC)all you of Judah who are in the land of Egypt. ²⁵Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(BD)You and your wives have declared with your mouths, and have fulfilled it with your hands, saying, ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made, ^(BE)to make offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Then confirm your vows and perform your vows! ²⁶Therefore hear the word of the Lord, ^(BF)all you of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ^(BG)Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, ^(BH)that my name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, ^(BI)saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’ ²⁷^(BJ)Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. ^(BK)All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them. ²⁸^(BL)And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, ^(BM)few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, ^(BN)shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs. ²⁹This shall be the sign to you, declares the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that ^(BO)my words will surely stand against you for harm: ³⁰Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give ^(BP)Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies ^(BQ)and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave ^(BR)Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.”

Message to Baruch

45 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to ^(BS)Baruch the son of Neriah, ^(BT)when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, ^(BU)in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: ²“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: ³You said, ^(BV)‘Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain. ^(BW)I am weary with my groaning, ^(BX)and I find no rest.’ ⁴Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: ^(BY)Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land. ⁵And ^(BZ)do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, ^(CA)I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you ^(CB)your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”

Judgment on Egypt

46 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^(CC)concerning the nations.

²About Egypt. ^(CD)Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in ^(CE)the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

³^(CF)“Prepare buckler and shield,
    and advance for battle!
⁴^(CG)Harness the horses;
    mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
    ^(CH)polish your spears,
    put on your armor!
⁵Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
    and have turned backward.
Their ^(CI)warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste;
^(CJ)they look not back—
    ^(CK)terror on every side!
declares the Lord.

⁶“The swift cannot flee away,
nor the warrior escape;
^(CL)in the north by the river Euphrates
^(CM)they have stumbled and fallen.

⁷“Who is this, ^(CN)rising like the Nile,
    like rivers ^(CO)whose waters surge?
⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,
    like rivers ^(CP)whose waters surge.
He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,
    I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’
⁹^(CQ)Advance, O horses,
    and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
    men of Cush and ^(CR)Put who handle the shield,
    ^(CS)men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
¹⁰^(CT)That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
    ^(CU)a day of vengeance,
    ^(CV)to avenge himself on his foes.
^(CW)The sword shall devour and be sated
    and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds ^(CX)a sacrifice
    ^(CY)in the north country ^(CZ)by the river Euphrates.
¹¹^(DA)Go up to Gilead, and take ^(DB)balm,
    O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
    ^(DC)there is no healing for you.
¹²The nations have heard of your shame,
    and the earth is full of your cry;
^(DD)for warrior has stumbled against warrior;
    they have both fallen together.”

¹³The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of ^(DE)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

¹⁴“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in ^(DF)Migdol;
    proclaim in ^(DG)Memphis and ^(DH)Tahpanhes;
say, ^(DI)‘Stand ready and be prepared,
    for ^(DJ)the sword shall devour around you.’
¹⁵Why are your mighty ones face down?
    They do not stand^[c]
    because the Lord thrust them down.
¹⁶He made many stumble, ^(DK)and they fell,
    and they said one to another,
‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people
    and to the land of our birth,
    ^(DL)because of the sword of the oppressor.’
¹⁷Call the name of ^(DM)Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
    ‘Noisy one who lets the hour go by.’

¹⁸^(DN)“As I live, declares the King,
    ^(DO)whose name is the Lord of hosts,
like ^(DP)Tabor among the mountains
    and like ^(DQ)Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
¹⁹^(DR)Prepare yourselves baggage for exile,
    O ^(DS)inhabitants of Egypt!
For ^(DT)Memphis shall become a waste,
    a ruin, ^(DU)without inhabitant.

²⁰“A beautiful ^(DV)heifer is Egypt,
    but a biting fly ^(DW)from the north has come upon her.
²¹Even her hired soldiers in her midst
    are like ^(DX)fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    ^(DY)the time of their punishment.

²²“She makes ^(DZ)a sound like a serpent gliding away;
    for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
    ^(EA)like those who fell trees.
²³^(EB)They shall cut down her forest,
declares the Lord,
    though it is impenetrable,
because ^(EC)they are more numerous than locusts;
    they are without number.
²⁴The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
    she shall be delivered into the hand of ^(ED)a people from the north.”

²⁵The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon ^(EE)Amon of ^(EF)Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt ^(EG)and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him. ²⁶^(EH)I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. ^(EI)Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited ^(EJ)as in the days of old, declares the Lord.

²⁷^(EK)“But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
    and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
    and none shall make him afraid.
²⁸^(EL)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
    for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
    to which I have driven you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
^(EM)I will discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”

Judgment on the Philistines

47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^(EN)concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down ^(EO)Gaza.

²“Thus says the Lord:
^(EP)Behold, waters are rising ^(EQ)out of the north,
    ^(ER)and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow ^(ES)the land and all that fills it,
    the city and those who dwell in it.
Men shall cry out,
    and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
³At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
    ^(ET)at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers ^(EU)look not back to their children,
    so feeble are their hands,
⁴because of the day that is coming to destroy
    all ^(EV)the Philistines,
to cut off from ^(EW)Tyre and Sidon
    every helper that remains.
For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
    ^(EX)the remnant of the coastland of ^(EY)Caphtor.
⁵^(EZ)Baldness has come upon Gaza;
    ^(FA)Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
    ^(FB)how long will you gash yourselves?
⁶^(FC)Ah, sword of the Lord!
    How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
    rest and be still!
⁷How can it^[d] be quiet
    ^(FD)when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against ^(FE)Ashkelon and against the seashore
    ^(FF)he has appointed it.”

Judgment on Moab

48 ^(FG)Concerning Moab.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

“Woe to ^(FH)Nebo, for it is laid waste!
    ^(FI)Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;
the fortress is put to shame ^(FJ)and broken down;
²    the renown of Moab is no more.
In ^(FK)Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
    ‘Come, let us cut her off ^(FL)from being a nation!’
You also, O ^(FM)Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
    the sword shall pursue you.

³“A voice! A cry from ^(FN)Horonaim,
    ‘Desolation and great destruction!’
⁴Moab is destroyed;
    her little ones have made a cry.
⁵^(FO)For at the ascent of Luhith
    they go up weeping;^[e]
for ^(FP)at the descent of Horonaim
    they have heard the distressed cry^[f] of destruction.
⁶Flee! Save yourselves!
    You will be like ^(FQ)a juniper in the desert!
⁷For, ^(FR)because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
    you also shall be taken;
and ^(FS)Chemosh ^(FT)shall go into exile
    with ^(FU)his priests and his officials.
⁸^(FV)The destroyer shall come upon every city,
    and no city shall escape;
the valley shall perish,
    and ^(FW)the plain shall be destroyed,
    as the Lord has spoken.

⁹“Give wings to Moab,
for she would fly away;
her cities shall become a desolation,
with no inhabitant in them.

¹⁰^(FX)“Cursed is he who does ^(FY)the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.

¹¹“Moab has been at ease from his youth
    and has ^(FZ)settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
    nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
    and his scent is not changed.

¹²“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his^[g] jars in pieces. ¹³Then ^(GA)Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as ^(GB)the house of Israel was ashamed of ^(GC)Bethel, their confidence.

¹⁴“How do you say, ‘We are heroes
    and mighty men of war’?
¹⁵The destroyer of ^(GD)Moab and his cities has come up,
    and the choicest of his young men have ^(GE)gone down to slaughter,
    declares ^(GF)the King, ^(GG)whose name is the Lord of hosts.
¹⁶The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
    and his affliction hastens swiftly.
¹⁷^(GH)Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
    and all who know his name;
say, ^(GI)‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
    the glorious staff.’

¹⁸^(GJ)“Come down from your glory,
    and sit on the parched ground,
    O inhabitant of ^(GK)Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
    he has destroyed your strongholds.
¹⁹^(GL)Stand by the way ^(GM)and watch,
    O inhabitant of ^(GN)Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
    say, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
    ^(GO)wail and cry!
Tell it beside ^(GP)the Arnon,
    that ^(GQ)Moab is laid waste.

²¹“Judgment has come upon ^(GR)the tableland, upon Holon, and ^(GS)Jahzah, and Mephaath, ²²and ^(GT)Dibon, and ^(GU)Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, ²³and ^(GV)Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and ^(GW)Beth-meon, ²⁴and ^(GX)Kerioth, and ^(GY)Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. ²⁵^(GZ)The horn of Moab is cut off, and ^(HA)his arm is broken, declares the Lord.

²⁶^(HB)“Make him drunk, ^(HC)because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall ^(HD)wallow in his vomit, ^(HE)and he too shall be held in derision. ²⁷^(HF)Was not Israel a derision to you? ^(HG)Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him ^(HH)you wagged your head?

²⁸^(HI)“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
    O inhabitants of Moab!
Be ^(HJ)like the dove that nests
    in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
²⁹^(HK)We have heard of the pride of Moab—
    he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
    and the haughtiness of his heart.
³⁰I know his insolence, declares the Lord;
    ^(HL)his boasts are false,
    his deeds are false.
³¹^(HM)Therefore I wail for Moab;
    I cry out for all Moab;
    for the men of ^(HN)Kir-hareseth I mourn.
³²More than for ^(HO)Jazer I weep for you,
    ^(HP)O vine of ^(HQ)Sibmah!
^(HR)Your branches passed over the sea,
    reached to the Sea of ^(HS)Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
    the destroyer has fallen.
³³^(HT)Gladness and joy have been taken away
    from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy;
    the shouting is not the shout of joy.

³⁴^(HU)“From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to ^(HV)Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. ³⁵And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in ^(HW)the high place and makes offerings to his god. ³⁶Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of ^(HX)Kir-hareseth. ^(HY)Therefore the riches they gained have perished.

³⁷^(HZ)“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. ^(IA)On all the hands are gashes, and ^(IB)around the waist is sackcloth. ³⁸On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like ^(IC)a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. ³⁹How it is broken! How they wail! ^(ID)How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab ^(IE)has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”

⁴⁰For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ^(IF)one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
    ^(IG)and spread his wings against Moab;
⁴¹^(IH)the cities shall be taken
    and the strongholds seized.
^(II)The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
    like the heart of ^(IJ)a woman in her birth pains;
⁴²Moab shall be ^(IK)destroyed and be no longer a people,
    because ^(IL)he magnified himself against the Lord.
⁴³^(IM)Terror, pit, and snare
    are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the Lord.
⁴⁴He who flees from the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
^(IN)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
    the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.

⁴⁵“In the shadow of Heshbon
    fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
    flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed ^(IO)the forehead of Moab,
    the crown of ^(IP)the sons of tumult.
⁴⁶^(IQ)Woe to you, O Moab!
    The people of ^(IR)Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
    and your daughters into captivity.
⁴⁷^(IS)Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
    in the latter days, declares the Lord.”
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.

Judgment on Ammon

49 ^(IT)Concerning the Ammonites.

Thus says the Lord:

“Has Israel no sons?
    Has he no heir?
Why then has ^(IU)Milcom^[h] ^(IV)dispossessed Gad,
    and his people settled in its cities?
²Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
    declares the Lord,
when I will cause ^(IW)the battle cry to be heard
    against ^(IX)Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate ^(IY)mound,
    and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
    says the Lord.

³“Wail, O ^(IZ)Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
    Cry out, O daughters of ^(JA)Rabbah!
^(JB)Put on sackcloth,
    lament, and run to and fro among the hedges!
For ^(JC)Milcom shall go into exile,
    ^(JD)with his priests and his officials.
⁴Why do you boast of your valleys,^[i]
    ^(JE)O faithless daughter,
^(JF)who trusted in her treasures, saying,
    ‘Who will come against me?’
⁵Behold, ^(JG)I will bring terror upon you,
    declares the Lord God of hosts,
    from all who are around you,
and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him,
    with none to gather the fugitives.

⁶“But ^(JH)afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord.”

Judgment on Edom

⁷Concerning ^(JI)Edom.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

^(JJ)“Is wisdom no more in ^(JK)Teman?
    ^(JL)Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    ^(JM)Has their wisdom vanished?
⁸^(JN)Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths,
    O inhabitants of ^(JO)Dedan!
For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,
    ^(JP)the time when I punish him.
⁹^(JQ)If grape gatherers came to you,
    would they not leave ^(JR)gleanings?
^(JS)If thieves came by night,
    would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
¹⁰^(JT)But I have stripped Esau bare;
    ^(JU)I have uncovered his hiding places,
    and he is not able to conceal himself.
His children are destroyed, and his brothers,
    and his neighbors; and ^(JV)he is no more.
¹¹^(JW)Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive;
    ^(JX)and let your widows trust in me.”

¹²For thus says the Lord: ^(JY)“If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, ^(JZ)will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. ¹³^(KA)For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that ^(KB)Bozrah shall become ^(KC)a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”

¹⁴^(KD)I have heard a message from the Lord,
    and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
^(KE)“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
    and rise up for battle!
¹⁵For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
    despised among mankind.
¹⁶The horror you inspire has deceived you,
    and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,^[j]
    who hold the height of the hill.
Though you ^(KF)make your nest as high as the eagle's,
    I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.

¹⁷^(KG)“Edom shall become a horror. ^(KH)Everyone who passes by it will be horrified ^(KI)and will hiss because of all its disasters. ¹⁸^(KJ)As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their ^(KK)neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, ^(KL)no man shall dwell there, ^(KM)no man shall sojourn in her. ¹⁹^(KN)Behold, ^(KO)like a lion coming up from ^(KP)the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him^[k] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. ^(KQ)For who is like me? ^(KR)Who will summon me? ^(KS)What shepherd can stand before me? ²⁰Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against ^(KT)Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of ^(KU)Teman: ^(KV)Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. ²¹At the sound of their fall ^(KW)the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. ²²Behold, ^(KX)one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against ^(KY)Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart ^(KZ)of a woman in her birth pains.”

Judgment on Damascus

²³Concerning ^(LA)Damascus:

^(LB)“Hamath and ^(LC)Arpad are confounded,
    for they have heard bad news;
they melt in fear,
    ^(LD)they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
²⁴^(LE)Damascus has become feeble, ^(LF)she turned to flee,
    and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
    as ^(LG)of a woman in labor.
²⁵How is ^(LH)the famous city not forsaken,
    the city of my joy?
²⁶^(LI)Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares,
    and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day,
declares the Lord of hosts.
²⁷And ^(LJ)I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^(LK)Damascus,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of ^(LL)Ben-hadad.”

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

²⁸Concerning ^(LM)Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down.

Thus says the Lord:
^(LN)“Rise up, advance against ^(LO)Kedar!
    Destroy ^(LP)the people of the east!
²⁹^(LQ)Their tents and their flocks shall be taken,
    their ^(LR)curtains and all their goods;
their camels shall be led away from them,
    and men shall cry to them: ^(LS)‘Terror on every side!’
³⁰^(LT)Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths,
    O inhabitants of Hazor!
declares the Lord.
For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
    has made a plan against you
    and formed a purpose against you.

³¹^(LU)“Rise up, advance against a nation ^(LV)at ease,
    ^(LW)that dwells securely,
declares the Lord,
^(LX)that has no gates or bars,
    that dwells alone.
³²^(LY)Their camels shall become plunder,
    their herds of livestock a spoil.
^(LZ)I will scatter to every wind
    ^(MA)those who cut the corners of their hair,
and I will bring their calamity
    from every side of them,
declares the Lord.
³³Hazor shall become ^(MB)a haunt of jackals,
    an everlasting waste;
^(MC)no man shall dwell there;
    ^(MD)no man shall sojourn in her.”

Judgment on Elam

³⁴The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning ^(ME)Elam, in the beginning of the reign of ^(MF)Zedekiah king of Judah.

³⁵Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will break ^(MG)the bow of ^(MH)Elam, the mainstay of their might. ³⁶And I will bring upon ^(MI)Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. And I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of ^(MJ)Elam shall not come. ³⁷I will ^(MK)terrify ^(ML)Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, ^(MM)my fierce anger, declares the Lord. ^(MN)I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them, ³⁸and I will set my throne in ^(MO)Elam and destroy their king and officials, declares the Lord.

³⁹“But in the latter days ^(MP)I will restore the fortunes of ^(MQ)Elam, declares the Lord.”

Footnotes

Jeremiah 44:9 Hebrew his
Jeremiah 44:19 Compare Syriac; Hebrew lacks And the women said
Jeremiah 46:15 Hebrew He does not stand
Jeremiah 47:7 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew you
Jeremiah 48:5 Hebrew weeping goes up with weeping
Jeremiah 48:5 Septuagint (compare Isaiah 15:5) heard the cry
Jeremiah 48:12 Septuagint, Aquila; Hebrew their
Jeremiah 49:1 Or their king; also verse 3
Jeremiah 49:4 Hebrew boast of your valleys, your valley flows
Jeremiah 49:16 Or of Sela
Jeremiah 49:19 Septuagint, Syriac them

Jeremiah 44-49

New International Version

Disaster Because of Idolatry

44 This word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt^(A)—in Migdol,^(B) Tahpanhes^(C) and Memphis^(D)—and in Upper Egypt:^(E) ²“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster^(F) I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah.^(G) Today they lie deserted and in ruins^(H) ³because of the evil^(I) they have done. They aroused my anger^(J) by burning incense^(K) to and worshiping other gods^(L) that neither they nor you nor your ancestors^(M) ever knew. ⁴Again and again^(N) I sent my servants the prophets,^(O) who said, ‘Do not do this detestable^(P) thing that I hate!’ ⁵But they did not listen or pay attention;^(Q) they did not turn from their wickedness^(R) or stop burning incense^(S) to other gods.^(T) ⁶Therefore, my fierce anger was poured out;^(U) it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins^(V) they are today.

⁷“Now this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster^(W) on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women,^(X) the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant?^(Y) ⁸Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made,^(Z) burning incense^(AA) to other gods in Egypt,^(AB) where you have come to live?^(AC) You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse^[a] and an object of reproach^(AD) among all the nations on earth. ⁹Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your ancestors^(AE) and by the kings^(AF) and queens^(AG) of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives^(AH) in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem?^(AI) ¹⁰To this day they have not humbled^(AJ) themselves or shown reverence,^(AK) nor have they followed my law^(AL) and the decrees^(AM) I set before you and your ancestors.^(AN)

¹¹“Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty,^(AO) the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster^(AP) on you and to destroy all Judah. ¹²I will take away the remnant^(AQ) of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest,^(AR) they will die by sword or famine.^(AS) They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.^(AT) ¹³I will punish^(AU) those who live in Egypt with the sword,^(AV) famine and plague,^(AW) as I punished Jerusalem. ¹⁴None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives.”^(AX)

¹⁵Then all the men who knew that their wives^(AY) were burning incense^(AZ) to other gods, along with all the women^(BA) who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt,^(BB) said to Jeremiah, ¹⁶“We will not listen^(BC) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!^(BD) ¹⁷We will certainly do everything we said we would:^(BE) We will burn incense^(BF) to the Queen of Heaven^(BG) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials^(BH) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.^(BI) At that time we had plenty of food^(BJ) and were well off and suffered no harm.^(BK) ¹⁸But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings^(BL) to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine.^(BM)”

¹⁹The women added, “When we burned incense^(BN) to the Queen of Heaven^(BO) and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands^(BP) know that we were making cakes^(BQ) impressed with her image^(BR) and pouring out drink offerings to her?”

²⁰Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, ²¹“Did not the Lord remember^(BS) and call to mind the incense^(BT) burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem^(BU) by you and your ancestors,^(BV) your kings and your officials and the people of the land?^(BW) ²²When the Lord could no longer endure^(BX) your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse^(BY) and a desolate waste^(BZ) without inhabitants, as it is today.^(CA) ²³Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed^(CB) his law or his decrees^(CC) or his stipulations, this disaster^(CD) has come upon you, as you now see.”^(CE)

²⁴Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women,^(CF) “Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah in Egypt.^(CG) ²⁵This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives^(CH) have done what you said you would do when you promised, ‘We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.’^(CI)

“Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your vows!^(CJ) ²⁶But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:^(CK) ‘I swear^(CL) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign^(CM) Lord lives.”^(CN) ²⁷For I am watching^(CO) over them for harm,^(CP) not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish^(CQ) by sword and famine^(CR) until they are all destroyed.^(CS) ²⁸Those who escape the sword^(CT) and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few.^(CU) Then the whole remnant^(CV) of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand^(CW)—mine or theirs.^(CX)

²⁹“‘This will be the sign^(CY) to you that I will punish^(CZ) you in this place,’ declares the Lord, ‘so that you will know that my threats of harm against you will surely stand.’^(DA) ³⁰This is what the Lord says: ‘I am going to deliver Pharaoh^(DB) Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who want to kill him, just as I gave Zedekiah^(DC) king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who wanted to kill him.’”^(DD)

A Message to Baruch

45 When Baruch^(DE) son of Neriah^(DF) wrote on a scroll^(DG) the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(DH) son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: ²“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: ³You said, ‘Woe^(DI) to me! The Lord has added sorrow^(DJ) to my pain;^(DK) I am worn out with groaning^(DL) and find no rest.’^(DM) ⁴But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot^(DN) what I have planted,^(DO) throughout the earth.^(DP) ⁵Should you then seek great^(DQ) things for yourself? Do not seek them.^(DR) For I will bring disaster^(DS) on all people,^(DT) declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape^(DU) with your life.’”^(DV)

A Message About Egypt

46 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:^(DW)

²Concerning Egypt:^(DX)

This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho^(DY) king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish^(DZ) on the Euphrates^(EA) River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(EB) son of Josiah king of Judah:

³“Prepare your shields,^(EC) both large and small,
    and march out for battle!
⁴Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish^(ED) your spears,
    put on your armor!^(EE)
⁵What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee^(EF) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror^(EG) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
⁶“The swift cannot flee^(EH)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates^(EI)
    they stumble and fall.^(EJ)

⁷“Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?^(EK)
⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,^(EL)
    like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
    I will destroy cities and their people.’^(EM)
⁹Charge, you horses!
    Drive furiously, you charioteers!^(EN)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush^[b]^(EO) and Put who carry shields,
    men of Lydia^(EP) who draw the bow.
¹⁰But that day^(EQ) belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
    a day of vengeance^(ER), for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour^(ES) till it is satisfied,
    till it has quenched its thirst with blood.^(ET)
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice^(EU)
    in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.^(EV)

¹¹“Go up to Gilead and get balm,^(EW)
    Virgin^(EX) Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
    there is no healing^(EY) for you.
¹²The nations will hear of your shame;
    your cries will fill the earth.
One warrior will stumble over another;
    both will fall^(EZ) down together.”

¹³This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon^(FA) to attack Egypt:^(FB)

¹⁴“Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
    proclaim it also in Memphis^(FC) and Tahpanhes:^(FD)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
    for the sword devours^(FE) those around you.’
¹⁵Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.^(FF)
¹⁶They will stumble^(FG) repeatedly;
    they will fall^(FH) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people^(FI) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’^(FJ)
¹⁷There they will exclaim,
    ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;^(FK)
    he has missed his opportunity.^(FL)’

¹⁸“As surely as I live,” declares the King,^(FM)
    whose name is the Lord Almighty,
“one will come who is like Tabor^(FN) among the mountains,
    like Carmel^(FO) by the sea.
¹⁹Pack your belongings for exile,^(FP)
    you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis^(FQ) will be laid waste^(FR)
    and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

²⁰“Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
    but a gadfly is coming
    against her from the north.^(FS)
²¹The mercenaries^(FT) in her ranks
    are like fattened calves.^(FU)
They too will turn and flee^(FV) together,
    they will not stand their ground,
for the day^(FW) of disaster is coming upon them,
    the time^(FX) for them to be punished.
²²Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
    as the enemy advances in force;
they will come against her with axes,
    like men who cut down trees.^(FY)
²³They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
    “dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,^(FZ)
    they cannot be counted.
²⁴Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
    given into the hands of the people of the north.^(GA)”

²⁵The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes,^(GB) on Pharaoh,^(GC) on Egypt and her gods^(GD) and her kings, and on those who rely^(GE) on Pharaoh. ²⁶I will give them into the hands^(GF) of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king^(GG) of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited^(GH) as in times past,” declares the Lord.

²⁷“Do not be afraid,^(GI) Jacob^(GJ) my servant;^(GK)
    do not be dismayed, Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place,
    your descendants from the land of their exile.^(GL)
Jacob will again have peace and security,
    and no one will make him afraid.
²⁸Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
    for I am with you,”^(GM) declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy^(GN) all the nations
    among which I scatter you,
    I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
    I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”

A Message About the Philistines

47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines^(GO) before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:^(GP)

²This is what the Lord says:

“See how the waters are rising in the north;^(GQ)
    they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
    the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
    all who dwell in the land will wail^(GR)
³at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots^(GS)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.^(GT)
⁴For the day has come
    to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
    who could help Tyre^(GU) and Sidon.^(GV)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,^(GW)
    the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.^[c]^(GX)
⁵Gaza will shave^(GY) her head in mourning;
    Ashkelon^(GZ) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
    how long will you cut^(HA) yourselves?

⁶“‘Alas, sword^(HB) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’^(HC)
⁷But how can it rest
    when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
    to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”^(HD)

A Message About Moab^(HE)

48 Concerning Moab:^(HF)

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“Woe to Nebo,^(HG) for it will be ruined.
    Kiriathaim^(HH) will be disgraced and captured;
    the stronghold^[d] will be disgraced and shattered.
²Moab will be praised^(HI) no more;
    in Heshbon^[e]^(HJ) people will plot her downfall:
    ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’^(HK)
You, the people of Madmen,^[f] will also be silenced;
    the sword will pursue you.
³Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,^(HL)
    cries of great havoc and destruction.
⁴Moab will be broken;
    her little ones will cry out.^[g]
⁵They go up the hill to Luhith,^(HM)
    weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim^(HN)
    anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
⁶Flee!^(HO) Run for your lives;
    become like a bush^[h] in the desert.^(HP)
⁷Since you trust in your deeds and riches,^(HQ)
    you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh^(HR) will go into exile,^(HS)
    together with his priests and officials.^(HT)
⁸The destroyer^(HU) will come against every town,
    and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
    and the plateau^(HV) destroyed,
    because the Lord has spoken.
⁹Put salt^(HW) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste^[i];^(HX)
her towns will become desolate,
    with no one to live in them.

¹⁰“A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword^(HY) from bloodshed!^(HZ)

¹¹“Moab has been at rest^(IA) from youth,
    like wine left on its dregs,^(IB)
not poured from one jar to another—
    she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
    and her aroma is unchanged.
¹²But days are coming,”
    declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
    and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
    and smash her jars.
¹³Then Moab will be ashamed^(IC) of Chemosh,^(ID)
    as Israel was ashamed
    when they trusted in Bethel.^(IE)

¹⁴“How can you say, ‘We are warriors,^(IF)
    men valiant in battle’?
¹⁵Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
    her finest young men^(IG) will go down in the slaughter,^(IH)”
    declares the King,^(II) whose name is the Lord Almighty.^(IJ)
¹⁶“The fall of Moab is at hand;^(IK)
    her calamity will come quickly.
¹⁷Mourn for her, all who live around her,
    all who know her fame;^(IL)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,^(IM)
    how broken the glorious staff!’

¹⁸“Come down from your glory
    and sit on the parched ground,^(IN)
    you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,^(IO)
for the one who destroys Moab
    will come up against you
    and ruin your fortified cities.^(IP)
¹⁹Stand by the road and watch,
    you who live in Aroer.^(IQ)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
    ask them, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
    Wail^(IR) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon^(IS)
    that Moab is destroyed.
²¹Judgment has come to the plateau^(IT)—
    to Holon,^(IU) Jahzah^(IV) and Mephaath,^(IW)
²²    to Dibon,^(IX) Nebo^(IY) and Beth Diblathaim,
²³    to Kiriathaim,^(IZ) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,^(JA)
²⁴    to Kerioth^(JB) and Bozrah^(JC)—
    to all the towns^(JD) of Moab, far and near.
²⁵Moab’s horn^[j]^(JE) is cut off;
    her arm^(JF) is broken,”
declares the Lord.

²⁶“Make her drunk,^(JG)
    for she has defied^(JH) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;^(JI)
    let her be an object of ridicule.^(JJ)
²⁷Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?^(JK)
    Was she caught among thieves,^(JL)
that you shake your head^(JM) in scorn^(JN)
    whenever you speak of her?
²⁸Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove^(JO) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.^(JP)

²⁹“We have heard of Moab’s pride^(JQ)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness^(JR) of her heart.
³⁰I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts^(JS) accomplish nothing.
³¹Therefore I wail^(JT) over Moab,
    for all Moab I cry out,
    I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.^(JU)
³²I weep for you, as Jazer^(JV) weeps,
    you vines of Sibmah.^(JW)
Your branches spread as far as the sea^[k];
    they reached as far as^[l] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
    on your ripened fruit and grapes.
³³Joy and gladness are gone
    from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine^(JX) from the presses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy.^(JY)
Although there are shouts,
    they are not shouts of joy.

³⁴“The sound of their cry rises
    from Heshbon^(JZ) to Elealeh^(KA) and Jahaz,^(KB)
from Zoar^(KC) as far as Horonaim^(KD) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
    for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.^(KE)
³⁵In Moab I will put an end
    to those who make offerings on the high places^(KF)
    and burn incense^(KG) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
³⁶“So my heart laments^(KH) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
    it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.^(KI)
    The wealth they acquired^(KJ) is gone.
³⁷Every head is shaved^(KK)
    and every beard^(KL) cut off;
every hand is slashed
    and every waist is covered with sackcloth.^(KM)
³⁸On all the roofs in Moab
    and in the public squares^(KN)
there is nothing but mourning,
    for I have broken Moab
    like a jar^(KO) that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
³⁹“How shattered^(KP) she is! How they wail!
    How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,^(KQ)
    an object of horror to all those around her.”

⁴⁰This is what the Lord says:

“Look! An eagle is swooping^(KR) down,
    spreading its wings^(KS) over Moab.
⁴¹Kerioth^[m]^(KT) will be captured
    and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors^(KU)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.^(KV)
⁴²Moab will be destroyed^(KW) as a nation^(KX)
    because she defied^(KY) the Lord.
⁴³Terror^(KZ) and pit and snare^(LA) await you,
    you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
⁴⁴“Whoever flees^(LB) from the terror
    will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
    the year^(LC) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.

⁴⁵“In the shadow of Heshbon
    the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the midst of Sihon;^(LD)
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
    the skulls^(LE) of the noisy boasters.
⁴⁶Woe to you, Moab!^(LF)
    The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
    and your daughters into captivity.

⁴⁷“Yet I will restore^(LG) the fortunes of Moab
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.

Here ends the judgment on Moab.

A Message About Ammon

49 Concerning the Ammonites:^(LH)

This is what the Lord says:

“Has Israel no sons?
    Has Israel no heir?
Why then has Molek^[n]^(LI) taken possession of Gad?^(LJ)
    Why do his people live in its towns?
²But the days are coming,”
    declares the Lord,
“when I will sound the battle cry^(LK)
    against Rabbah^(LL) of the Ammonites;
it will become a mound of ruins,^(LM)
    and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.
Then Israel will drive out
    those who drove her out,^(LN)”
says the Lord.
³“Wail, Heshbon,^(LO) for Ai^(LP) is destroyed!
    Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth^(LQ) and mourn;
    rush here and there inside the walls,
for Molek^(LR) will go into exile,^(LS)
    together with his priests and officials.
⁴Why do you boast of your valleys,
    boast of your valleys so fruitful?
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,^(LT)
    you trust in your riches^(LU) and say,
    ‘Who will attack me?’^(LV)
⁵I 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 gather the fugitives.^(LW)

⁶“Yet afterward, I will restore^(LX) the fortunes of the Ammonites,”
declares the Lord.

A Message About Edom^(LY)^(LZ)

⁷Concerning Edom:^(MA)

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?^(MB)
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom decayed?
⁸Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,^(MC)
    you who live in Dedan,^(MD)
for I will bring disaster on Esau
    at the time when I punish him.
⁹If 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?
¹⁰But I will strip Esau bare;
    I will uncover his hiding places,^(ME)
    so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
    also his allies and neighbors,
    so there is no one^(MF) to say,
¹¹‘Leave your fatherless children;^(MG) I will keep them alive.
    Your widows^(MH) too can depend on me.’”

¹²This is what the Lord says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup^(MI) must drink it, why should you go unpunished?^(MJ) You will not go unpunished, but must drink it. ¹³I swear^(MK) by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah^(ML) will become a ruin and a curse,^[o] an object of horror^(MM) and reproach;^(MN) and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”^(MO)

¹⁴I have heard a message from the Lord;
an envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Assemble yourselves to attack it!
Rise up for battle!”

¹⁵“Now I will make you small among the nations,
    despised by mankind.
¹⁶The terror you inspire
    and the pride^(MP) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,^(MQ)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest^(MR) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
¹⁷“Edom will become an object of horror;^(MS)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.^(MT)
¹⁸As Sodom^(MU) and Gomorrah^(MV) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell^(MW) in it.

¹⁹“Like a lion^(MX) coming up from Jordan’s thickets^(MY)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like^(MZ) me and who can challenge me?^(NA)
    And what shepherd^(NB) can stand against me?”

²⁰Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Edom,^(NC)
    what he has purposed^(ND) against those who live in Teman:^(NE)
The young of the flock^(NF) will be dragged away;
    their pasture will be appalled at their fate.^(NG)
²¹At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;^(NH)
    their cry^(NI) will resound to the Red Sea.^[p]
²²Look! An eagle will soar and swoop^(NJ) down,
    spreading its wings over Bozrah.^(NK)
In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors^(NL)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.^(NM)

A Message About Damascus

²³Concerning Damascus:^(NN)

“Hamath^(NO) and Arpad^(NP) are dismayed,
    for they have heard bad news.
They are disheartened,
    troubled like^[q] the restless sea.^(NQ)
²⁴Damascus 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.^(NR)
²⁵Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
    the town in which I delight?
²⁶Surely, her young men^(NS) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced^(NT) in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
²⁷“I will set fire^(NU) to the walls of Damascus;^(NV)
    it will consume^(NW) the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.^(NX)”

A Message About Kedar and Hazor

²⁸Concerning Kedar^(NY) and the kingdoms of Hazor,^(NZ) which Nebuchadnezzar^(OA) king of Babylon attacked:

This is what the Lord says:

“Arise, and attack Kedar
    and destroy the people of the East.^(OB)
²⁹Their tents and their flocks^(OC) will be taken;
    their shelters will be carried off
    with all their goods and camels.
People will shout to them,
    ‘Terror^(OD) on every side!’

³⁰“Flee quickly away!
Stay in deep caves,^(OE) you who live in Hazor,^(OF)”
declares the Lord.
“Nebuchadnezzar^(OG) king of Babylon has plotted against you;
he has devised a plan against you.

³¹“Arise and attack a nation at ease,
    which lives in confidence,”
declares the Lord,
“a nation that has neither gates nor bars;^(OH)
    its people live far from danger.
³²Their camels^(OI) will become plunder,
    and their large herds^(OJ) will be spoils of war.
I will scatter to the winds^(OK) those who are in distant places^[r]^(OL)
    and will bring disaster on them from every side,”
declares the Lord.
³³“Hazor^(OM) will become a haunt of jackals,^(ON)
    a desolate^(OO) place forever.
No one will live there;
    no people will dwell^(OP) in it.”

A Message About Elam

³⁴This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,^(OQ) early in the reign of Zedekiah^(OR) king of Judah:

³⁵This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“See, I will break the bow^(OS) of Elam,
    the mainstay of their might.
³⁶I will bring against Elam the four winds^(OT)
    from the four quarters of heaven;^(OU)
I will scatter them to the four winds,
    and there will not be a nation
    where Elam’s exiles do not go.
³⁷I will shatter Elam before their foes,
    before those who want to kill them;
I will bring disaster on them,
    even my fierce anger,”^(OV)
declares the Lord.
“I will pursue them with the sword^(OW)
    until I have made an end of them.
³⁸I will set my throne in Elam
    and destroy her king and officials,”
declares the Lord.

³⁹“Yet I will restore^(OX) the fortunes of Elam
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.

Footnotes

Jeremiah 44:8 That is, your name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that you are cursed; also in verse 12; similarly in verse 22.
Jeremiah 46:9 That is, the upper Nile region
Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete
Jeremiah 48:1 Or captured; / Misgab
Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.
Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar
Jeremiah 48:6 Or like Aroer
Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away
Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.
Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of
Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities
Jeremiah 49:1 Or their king; also in verse 3
Jeremiah 49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.
Jeremiah 49:21 Or the Sea of Reeds
Jeremiah 49:23 Hebrew on or by
Jeremiah 49:32 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads

Jeremiah 44-49

King James Version

44 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

²Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

³Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

⁴Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

⁵But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

⁶Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

⁷Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

⁸In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

⁹Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁰They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

¹¹Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

¹²And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

¹³For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:

¹⁴So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

¹⁵Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

¹⁶As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.

¹⁷But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

¹⁸But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

¹⁹And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

²⁰Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,

²¹The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind?

²²So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

²³Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

²⁴Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:

²⁵Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.

²⁶Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth.

²⁷Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

²⁸Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's.

²⁹And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

³⁰Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

45 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

²Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:

³Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

⁴Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

⁵And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

46 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;

²Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

³Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

⁴Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

⁵Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.

⁶Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

⁷Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

⁸Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

⁹Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

¹⁰For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

¹¹Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

¹²The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

¹³The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

¹⁴Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

¹⁵Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them.

¹⁶He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

¹⁷They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

¹⁸As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

¹⁹O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

²⁰Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

²¹Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

²²The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

²³They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

²⁴The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

²⁵The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:

²⁶And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.

²⁷But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

²⁸Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

²Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

³At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

⁴Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

⁵Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

⁶O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

⁷How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

48 Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

²There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

³A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

⁴Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

⁵For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

⁶Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

⁷For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

⁸And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken.

⁹Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

¹⁰Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

¹¹Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

¹²Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

¹³And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

¹⁴How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

¹⁵Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

¹⁶The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

¹⁷All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

¹⁸Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

¹⁹O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

²⁰Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

²¹And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

²²And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,

²³And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,

²⁴And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

²⁵The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

²⁶Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

²⁷For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

²⁸O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

²⁹We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

³⁰I know his wrath, saith the Lord; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

³¹Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

³²O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

³³And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

³⁴From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

³⁵Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

³⁶Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

³⁷For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

³⁸There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.

³⁹They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

⁴⁰For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

⁴¹Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

⁴²And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the Lord.

⁴³Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

⁴⁴He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

⁴⁵They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

⁴⁶Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

⁴⁷Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

49 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

²Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.

³Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

⁴Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

⁵Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

⁶And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.

⁷Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

⁸Flee 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.

⁹If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

¹⁰But 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.

¹¹Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

¹²For 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.

¹³For 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.

¹⁴I 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.

¹⁵For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

¹⁶Thy 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.

¹⁷Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

¹⁸As 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.

¹⁹Behold, 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?

²⁰Therefore 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.

²¹The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.

²²Behold, 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.

²³Concerning 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.

²⁴Damascus 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.

²⁵How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

²⁶Therefore 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.

²⁷And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

²⁸Concerning 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.

²⁹Their 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.

³⁰Flee, 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.

³¹Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the Lord, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

³²And 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.

³³And 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.

³⁴The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

³⁵Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

³⁶And 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.

³⁷For 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:

³⁸And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.

³⁹But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 44-49

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Judgment for Idolatry

Message to Baruch

Judgment on Egypt

Judgment on the Philistines

Judgment on Moab

Judgment on Ammon

Judgment on Edom

Judgment on Damascus

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

Judgment on Elam

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Jeremiah 44-49

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Disaster Because of Idolatry

A Message to Baruch

A Message About Egypt

A Message About the Philistines

A Message About Moab^(HE)

A Message About Ammon

A Message About Edom^(LY)^(LZ)

A Message About Damascus

A Message About Kedar and Hazor

A Message About Elam

Footnotes

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Jeremiah 44-49

King James Version

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Jeremiah 44-49 English Standard Version

Judgment for Idolatry

Message to Baruch

Judgment on Egypt

Judgment on the Philistines

Judgment on Moab

Judgment on Ammon

Judgment on Edom

Judgment on Damascus

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

Judgment on Elam

Footnotes

Cross references

Jeremiah 44-49 New International Version

Disaster Because of Idolatry

A Message to Baruch

A Message About Egypt

A Message About the Philistines

A Message About Moab(HE)

A Message About Ammon

A Message About Edom(LY)(LZ)

A Message About Damascus

A Message About Kedar and Hazor

A Message About Elam

Footnotes

Cross references

Jeremiah 44-49 King James Version

More on the NIV

Jeremiah 44-49

English Standard Version

Jeremiah 44-49

New International Version

A Message About Moab^(HE)

A Message About Edom^(LY)^(LZ)

Jeremiah 44-49

King James Version