Jeremiah 49

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Doesn’t Israel have any children? Doesn’t it have any heirs?
    Why, then, has the god Milcom^[a] taken over the inheritance
        of Gad’s descendants?
    Why do Milcom’s people live in Gad’s cities?
² That is why the days are coming, declares Yahweh,
    when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah,
        where the people of Ammon live.
            It will become a pile of rubble.
            Its villages will be burned down.
    Then Israel will take possession of its inheritance, says Yahweh.
³ Cry loudly, Heshbon, because Ai is destroyed.
    Cry, people of Rabbah, put on your sackcloth, and mourn.
    Run back and forth between the walls.
        Milcom will be taken away into captivity
            with its priests and officials.
⁴ Why do you brag about your valleys,
    your fertile valleys, you unfaithful people?
    You trust your treasures.
        You think, “Who would attack me?”
⁵ I am going to bring terror on you from all around,
    declares Adonay Yahweh Tsebaoth.
        Everyone will be scattered.
        No one will gather the refugees.
⁶ But afterward, I will return the captives of Ammon, declares Yahweh.

Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?
    Has wisdom disappeared from your people?
    Has their wisdom vanished?
⁸ Turn and run.
    Hide in deep caves, inhabitants of Dedan.
        When I punish them,
            I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau.
⁹ If people come to pick your grapes,
    won’t they leave a few grapes behind?
    If thieves come during the night,
    won’t they steal only until they’ve had enough?
¹⁰ Yet, I will strip the descendants of Esau.
    I will find their hiding places.
        They won’t be able to hide.
            Their children and relatives will be destroyed.
    None of their neighbors will say,
¹¹ “Abandon your orphans, and I will keep them alive.
    Your widows can trust me.”

¹⁴ I heard a message from Yahweh.
    A messenger was sent among the nations to say,
        “Assemble, and attack Edom.
            Get ready for battle.”

¹⁵ “Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations
    and despised among humanity.
¹⁶ You have frightened other people.
    Your arrogance has deceived you.
        You live on rocky cliffs
            and occupy the highest places in the hills.
    Even though you build your nest as high as an eagle,
    I will bring you down from there,” declares Yahweh.
¹⁷ “Then Edom will become something horrible.
    Everyone who passes by it will be horrified
        and hiss at all its wounds.
¹⁸ Edom will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighboring cities
    when they were destroyed.
        No one will live there.
        No human will stay there,” says Yahweh.
¹⁹ “I will suddenly chase them from their places
    like a lion coming out of the jungle
        along the Jordan River into pastureland.
            I will appoint over Edom whomever I choose.
                Who is like me? Who can challenge me?
                    Is there any leader who can stand up to me?”

²⁰ Listen to the plans that Yahweh is making against Edom
    and the things he intends to do to those who live in Teman.
        He will surely drag away the little ones of the flock.
        He will surely destroy the pasture
            because of the people who live in Teman.
²¹ The earth will quake at the sound of their downfall.
    The sound of their crying will be heard at the Red Sea.
²² The enemy will swoop down like eagles
    and spread their wings over Bozrah.
        On that day Edom’s soldiers will be like women in childbirth.

“Hamath and Arpad are worried because they heard the bad news.
    They melt in fear.
    They are troubled like a sea that can’t be calmed.
²⁴ The people of Damascus are weak.
    They turn to flee, but panic grips them.
    Anguish and pain grip them like a woman in labor.
²⁵ Why isn’t that famous, happy city abandoned?
²⁶ That is why its young men will die in the streets,
    and its soldiers will be silenced that day,”
        declares Yahweh Tsebaoth.
²⁷ “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus
    and burn down Benhadad’s palaces.”

Get ready, attack Kedar,
    and loot the people from the east.
²⁹ Their tents and their flocks will be taken.
    Their tent curtains, utensils, and camels will be carried away.
    People will shout to them, “Terror is all around!”
³⁰ Run far away! Find a place to hide,
    inhabitants of Hazor, declares Yahweh.
    King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has made plans against you
    and intends to attack you.
³¹ Get ready! Attack the nation living peacefully and securely,
    declares Yahweh.
        It is a nation with no gates or bars.
        Its people live alone.
³² Their camels will be taken as prizes.
    Their large herds will be taken as loot.
    I will scatter to the winds
        those who shave the hair on their foreheads.
    I will bring disaster on them from every side,
        declares Yahweh.
³³ Hazor will be a place where only jackals live.
    It will become a permanent wasteland.
        No one will live there.
        No human will stay there.

I’m going to break the bows of Elam’s archers,
    the most important weapon of their strength.
³⁶ I’ll bring the four winds
    from the four corners of heaven against Elam
        and scatter its people in every direction.
    There won’t be a nation
    where Elam’s refugees won’t go.
³⁷ I’ll defeat the people of Elam in the presence of their enemies,
    in the presence of those who want to kill them.
    I’ll bring disaster with my burning anger, declares Yahweh.
    I’ll send armies after them until I put an end to them.
³⁸ I’ll set my throne in Elam and destroy its king and officials,
    declares Yahweh.
³⁹ But afterward, I’ll return the captives of Elam, declares Yahweh.