{"book":"Jeremiah","slug":"jeremiah","ch":49,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Jeremiah","prev":"jeremiah/48","next":"jeremiah/50","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “ Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?","f":["Or their king; Milcom is a variant of Molech; also in verse 3; see Leviticus 18:21 and 1 Kings 11:7."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Has Israel no sons?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Is he without heir?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Why have his people settled in their cities?"}],"h":"Judgment on the Ammonites","style":"indent1"},{"v":2,"t":"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore, behold, the days are coming,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares the LORD,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"when I will sound the battle cry"},{"style":"indent2","t":"against Rabbah of the Ammonites."},{"style":"indent1","t":"It will become a heap of ruins,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and its villages will be burned."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"says the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"cry out, O daughters of Rabbah!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Put on sackcloth and mourn;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"run back and forth within your walls,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"for Milcom will go into exile"},{"style":"indent2","t":"together with his priests and officials."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Why do you boast of your valleys — your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches [and say],‘ Who can come against me?’","f":["Or your valleys flowing"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why do you boast of your valleys —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"your valleys so fruitful,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O faithless daughter?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"You trust in your riches [and say],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ Who can come against me?’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares the Lord GOD of Hosts,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from all those around you."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You will each be driven headlong,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with no one to regather the fugitives."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.","f":["Or restore the fortunes of the Ammonites"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Has counsel perished from the prudent?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Has their wisdom decayed?"}],"h":"Judgment on Edom","style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"Turn [and] run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Turn [and] run!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"for I will bring disaster on Esau"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at the time I punish him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If grape gatherers came to you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"would they not leave some gleanings?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Were thieves to come in the night,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"would they not steal only what they wanted?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But I will strip Esau bare;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will uncover his hiding places,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and he will be unable to conceal himself."},{"style":"indent1","t":"His descendants will be destroyed"},{"style":"indent2","t":"along with his relatives and neighbors,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and he will be no more."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Let your widows trust in Me.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"For this is what the LORD says:“ If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations:“ Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I have heard a message from the LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"an envoy has been sent to the nations:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Assemble yourselves to march against her!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Rise up for battle!”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"“ For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ For behold, I will make you small among nations,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"despised among men."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.","f":["Or of Sela"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The terror you cause"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the pride of your heart"},{"style":"indent2","t":"have deceived you,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O occupiers of the mountain summit."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Though you elevate your nest like the eagle,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even from there I will bring you down,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"“ Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Edom will become an object of horror."},{"style":"indent2","t":"All who pass by will be appalled"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and will scoff at all her wounds."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD,“ no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown"},{"style":"indent2","t":"along with their neighbors,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"says the LORD,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ no one will dwell there;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no man will abide there."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase [Edom] from [her land]. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, one will come up like a lion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For in an instant I will chase [Edom] from [her land]."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"What shepherd can stand against Me?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.","f":["Or their pasture will be appalled at their fate"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore hear the plans"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that the LORD has drawn up against Edom"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and the strategies He has devised"},{"style":"indent2","t":"against the people of Teman:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.","f":["Or the Sea of Reeds"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"At the sound of their fall the earth will quake;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their cry will resound to the Red Sea."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"spreading its wings over Bozrah."},{"style":"indent1","t":"In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will be like the heart of a woman in labor."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"Concerning Damascus: “ Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.","f":["Hebrew on the sea or by the sea"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Concerning Damascus:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for they have heard a bad report;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"they are agitated like the sea;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their anxiety cannot be calmed."}],"h":"Judgment on Damascus","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Damascus has become feeble;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she has turned to flee."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Panic has gripped her;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"anguish and pain have seized her"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a woman in labor."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How is the city of praise not forsaken,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the town that brings Me joy?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":26,"t":"For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For her young men will fall in the streets,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD of Hosts."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"“ I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “ Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Rise up, advance against Kedar,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and destroy the people of the east!"}],"h":"Judgment on Kedar and Hazor","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":29,"t":"They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them:‘ Terror is on every side!’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They will take their tents and flocks,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their tent curtains and all their goods."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They will take their camels for themselves."},{"style":"indent2","t":"They will shout to them:‘ Terror is on every side!’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD,“ for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Run! Escape quickly!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Lie low, O residents of Hazor,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon"},{"style":"indent2","t":"has drawn up a plan against you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he has devised a strategy against you."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":31,"t":"Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD.“ They have no gates [or] bars; they live alone.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Rise up, advance against a nation at ease,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"one that dwells securely,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD."},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ They have no gates [or] bars;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they live alone."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":32,"t":"Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Their camels will become plunder,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their large herds will be spoil."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will scatter to the wind in every direction"},{"style":"indent2","t":"those who shave their temples;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will bring calamity on them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from all sides,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":33,"t":"“ Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”","f":["Or serpents or dragons"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Hazor will become a haunt for jackals,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a desolation forever."},{"style":"indent1","t":"No one will dwell there;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no man will abide there.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.","f":[],"h":"Judgment on Elam","style":"reg"},{"v":35,"t":"This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"This is what the LORD of Hosts says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the mainstay of their might."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":36,"t":"I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will bring the four winds against Elam"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the four corners of the heavens,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and I will scatter them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to all these winds."},{"style":"indent1","t":"There will not be a nation"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to which Elam’s exiles will not go."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":37,"t":"So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD.“ I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So I will shatter Elam before their foes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"before those who seek their lives."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will bring disaster upon them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even My fierce anger,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD."},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ I will send out the sword after them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"until I finish them off."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":38,"t":"I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will set My throne in Elam,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and destroy its king and officials,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":39,"t":"“ Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.","f":["Or restore the fortunes of Elam"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Yet in the last days,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will restore Elam from captivity,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"}]}