Category: Jeremiah

Gedaliah Is Murdered

1 In the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family andoneof the chief officers of the king, along with ten men, came to Mizpah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. While they were eating bread together there in Mizpah,

2 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him arose and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and put to death the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

3 Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him,that iswith Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.

4 Now it happened on the next day after the killing of Gedaliah, when no one knew aboutit,

5 that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the Lord.

6 Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went; and as he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!”

7 Yet it turned out that as soon as they came inside the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men that were with him slaughtered themand cast theminto the cistern.

8 But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions.

9 Now as for the cistern where Ishmael had cast all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down because of Gedaliah, it was the one that King Asa had made on account of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

10 Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who were left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had put under the charge of Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; thus Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and proceeded to cross over to the sons of Ammon.

Johanan Rescues the People

11 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done.

12 So they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and they found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon.

13 Now as soon as all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and the commanders of the forces that were with him, they were glad.

14 So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the sons of Ammon.

16 Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,that is,the men who were soldiers,thewomen,thechildren, andtheeunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

17 And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt

18 because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

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Warning against Going to Egypt

1 Then all the commanders of the forces, Johanan the son of Kareah, Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people both small and great approached

2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our petition come before you, and pray for us to the Lordyour God,that isfor all this remnant; because we are leftbuta few out of many, as your own eyesnowsee us,

3 that the Lordyour God may tell us the way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do.”

4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heardyou.Behold, I am going to pray to the Lordyour God in accordance with your words; and I will tell you the whole message which the Lordwill answer you. I will not keep back a word from you.”

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lordbe a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with the whole message with which the Lordyour God will send you to us.

6 Whetheritis pleasant or unpleasant, we will listen to the voice of the Lordour God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we listen to the voice of the Lordour God.”

7 Now at the end of ten days the word of the Lordcame to Jeremiah.

8 Then he called for Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him, and for all the people both small and great,

9 and said to them, “Thus says the Lordthe God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition before Him:

10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I will relent concerning the calamity that I have inflicted on you.

11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you arenowfearing; do not be afraid of him,’ declares the Lord, ‘for I am with you to save you and deliver you from his hand.

12 I will also show you compassion, so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own soil.

13 But if you are going to say, “We will not stay in this land,” so as not to listen to the voice of the Lordyour God,

14 saying, “No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there”;

15 then in that case listen to the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lordof hosts, the God of Israel, “If you really set your mind to enter Egypt and go in to reside there,

16 then the sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will follow closely after you thereinEgypt, and you will die there.

17 So all the men who set their mind to go to Egypt to reside there will die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence; and they will have no survivors or refugees from the calamity that I am going to bring on them.” ’ ”

18 For thus says the Lordof hosts, the God of Israel, “As My anger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.”

19 The Lordhas spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, “Do not go into Egypt!” You should clearly understand that today I have testified against you.

20 For you haveonlydeceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the Lordyour God, saying, “Pray for us to the Lordour God; and whatever the Lordour God says, tell us so, and we will do it.”

21 So I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the Lordyour God, even in whatever He has sent me totellyou.

22 Therefore you should now clearly understand that you will die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence, in the place where you wish to go to reside.

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In Egypt Jeremiah Warns of Judgment

1 But as soon as Jeremiah, whom the Lordtheir God had sent, had finished telling all the people all the words of the Lordtheir God—that is, all these words—

2 Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The Lordour God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to reside there’;

3 but Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us to give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon.”

4 So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces, and all the people, did not obey the voice of the Lordto stay in the land of Judah.

5 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the entire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been driven away, in order to reside in the land of Judah—

6 the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, together with Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah—

7 and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the Lord) and went in as far as Tahpanhes.

8 Then the word of the Lordcame to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

9 “Takesomelarge stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brickterracewhich is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of someof theJews;

10 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lordof hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am going to send and get Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and I am going to set his thronerightover these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.

11 He will also come and strike the land of Egypt; those who aremeantfor deathwill be given overto death, and those for captivity to captivity, and those for the sword to the sword.

12 And I shall set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely.

13 He will also shatter the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.” ’ ”

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Conquest of Egypt Predicted

1 The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and the land of Pathros, saying,

2 “Thus says the Lordof hosts, the God of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are in ruins and no one lives in them,

3 because of their wickedness which they committed so as to provoke Me to anger by continuing to burn sacrificesandto serve other gods whom they had not known,neitherthey, you, nor your fathers.

4 Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”

5 But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn sacrifices to other gods.

6 Therefore My wrath and My anger were poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become a ruin and a desolation as it is this day.

7 Now then thus says the LordGod of hosts, the God of Israel, “Why are you doing great harm to yourselves, so as to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without remnant,

8 provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, burning sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

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

10 But they have not become contrite even to this day, nor have they feared nor walked in My law or My statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers.” ’

11 “Therefore thus says the Lordof hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am going to set My face against you for woe, even to cut off all Judah.

12 And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have set their mind on entering the land of Egypt to reside there, and they will all meet their end in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the swordandmeet their end by famine. Both small and great will die by the sword and famine; and they will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach.

13 And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine and with pestilence.

14 So there will be no refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are longing to return and live; for none will return excepta fewrefugees.’ ”

15 Then all the men who were aware that their wives were burning sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by,asa large assembly, including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, responded to Jeremiah, saying,

16 “As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!

17 But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; forthenwe had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.

18 But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have met our end by the sword and by famine.”

19 “And,”said the women,“when we were burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and were pouring out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands that we made for hersacrificialcakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”

Calamity for the Jews

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women—even to all the people who were giving himsuchan answer—saying,

21 “As for the smoking sacrifices that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your forefathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lordremember them and did notall thiscome into His mind?

22 So the Lordwas no longer able to endureit,because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; thus your land has become a ruin, an object of horror and a curse, without an inhabitant, asit isthis day.

23 Because you have burned sacrifices and have sinned against the Lordand not obeyed the voice of the Lordor walked in His law, His statutes or His testimonies, therefore this calamity has befallen you, asit hasthis day.”

24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt,

25 thus says the Lordof hosts, the God of Israel, as follows: ‘As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilleditwith your hands, saying, “We will certainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” Go ahead and confirm your vows, and certainly perform your vows!’

26 Nevertheless hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, ‘Behold, I have sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord Godlives.”

27 Behold, I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will meet their end by the sword and by famine until they are completely gone.

28 Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs.

29 This will be the sign to you,’ declares the Lord, ‘that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that My words will surely stand against you for harm.’

30 Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to give over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,who washis enemy and was seeking his life.’ ”

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Message to Baruch

1 This isthe message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written down these words in a book at Jeremiah’s dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:

2 “Thus says the Lordthe God of Israel to you, O Baruch:

3 ‘You said, “Ah, woe is me! For the Lordhas added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and have found no rest.” ’

4 Thus you are to say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land.”

5 But you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seekthem;for behold, I am going to bring disaster on all flesh,’ declares the Lord, ‘but I will give your life to you as booty in all the places where you may go.’ ”

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Defeat of Pharaoh Foretold

1 That which came as the word of the Lordto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

2 To Egypt, concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

3 “Line up the shield and buckler,

And draw near for the battle!

4 Harness the horses,

And mount the steeds,

And take your stand with helmetson!

Polish the spears,

Put on the scale-armor!

5 Why have I seenit?

They are terrified,

They are drawing back,

And their mighty men are defeated

And have taken refuge in flight,

Without facing back;

Terror is on every side!”

Declares the Lord.

6 Let not the swift man flee,

Nor the mighty man escape;

In the north beside the river Euphrates

They have stumbled and fallen.

7 Who is this that rises like the Nile,

Like the rivers whose waters surge about?

8 Egypt rises like the Nile,

Even like the rivers whose waters surge about;

And He has said, “I will rise and coverthatland;

I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants.”

9 Go up, you horses, and drive madly, you chariots,

That the mighty men may march forward:

Ethiopia and Put, that handle the shield,

And the Lydians, that handleandbend the bow.

10 For that day belongs to the Lord Godof hosts,

A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;

And the sword will devour and be satiated

And drink its fill of their blood;

For there will be a slaughter for the Lord Godof hosts,

In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.

11 Go up to Gilead and obtain balm,

O virgin daughter of Egypt!

In vain have you multiplied remedies;

There is no healing for you.

12 The nations have heard of your shame,

And the earth is full of your cryof distress;

For one warrior has stumbled over another,

And both of them have fallen down together.

13 This isthe message which the Lordspoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt:

14 “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol,

Proclaim also in Memphis and Tahpanhes;

Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,

For the sword has devoured those around you.’

15 Why have your mighty ones become prostrate?

They do not stand because the Lordhas thrust them down.

16 They have repeatedly stumbled;

Indeed, they have fallen one against another.

Then they said, ‘Get up! And let us go back

To our own people and our native land

Away from the sword of the oppressor.’

17 They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egyptis buta big noise;

He has let the appointed time pass by!’

18 As I live,” declares the King

Whose name is the Lordof hosts,

“Surely one shall comewho looms uplike Tabor among the mountains,

Or like Carmel by the sea.

19 Make your baggage ready for exile,

O daughter dwelling in Egypt,

For Memphis will become a desolation;

It will even be burned downandbereft of inhabitants.

20 Egypt is a pretty heifer,

Buta horsefly is coming from the north—it is coming!

21 Also her mercenaries in her midst

Are like fattened calves,

For even they too have turned backandhave fled away together;

They did not standtheir ground.

For the day of their calamity has come upon them,

The time of their punishment.

22 Its sound moves along like a serpent;

For they move on like an army

And come to her as woodcutters with axes.

23 They have cut down her forest,” declares the Lord;

“Surely it will nomorebe found,

Even though they arenowmore numerous than locusts

And are without number.

24 The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,

Given over to the power of the people of the north.”

25 The Lordof hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

26 I shall give them over to the power of those who are seeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his officers. Afterwards, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old,” declares the Lord.

27 “But as for you, O Jacob My servant, do not fear,

Nor be dismayed, O Israel!

For, see, I am going to save you from afar,

And your descendants from the land of their captivity;

And Jacob will return and be undisturbed

And secure, with no one makinghimtremble.

28 O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord,

“For I am with you.

For I will make a full end of all the nations

Where I have driven you,

Yet I will not make a full end of you;

But I will correct you properly

And by no means leave you unpunished.”

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Prophecy against Philistia

1 That which came as the word of the Lordto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh conquered Gaza.

2 Thus says the Lord:

“Behold, waters are going to rise from the north

And become an overflowing torrent,

And overflow the land and all its fullness,

The city and those who live in it;

And the men will cry out,

And every inhabitant of the land will wail.

3 Because of the noise of the galloping hoofs of his stallions,

The tumult of his chariots,andthe rumbling of his wheels,

The fathers have not turned back fortheirchildren,

Because of the limpness oftheirhands,

4 On account of the day that is coming

To destroy all the Philistines,

To cut off from Tyre and Sidon

Every ally that is left;

For the Lordis going to destroy the Philistines,

The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

5 Baldness has come upon Gaza;

Ashkelon has been ruined.

O remnant of their valley,

How long will you gash yourself?

6 Ah, sword of the Lord,

How long will you not be quiet?

Withdraw into your sheath;

Be at rest and stay still.

7 How can it be quiet,

When the Lordhas given it an order?

Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast—

There He has assigned it.”

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Prophecy against Moab

1 Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lordof hosts, the God of Israel,

“Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed;

Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured;

The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and shattered.

2 There is praise for Moab no longer;

In Heshbon they have devised calamity against her:

‘Come and let us cut her off frombeinga nation!’

You too,Madmen, will be silenced;

The sword will follow after you.

3 The sound of an outcry from Horonaim,

‘Devastation and great destruction!’

4 Moab is broken,

Her little ones have sounded out a cryof distress.

5 For by the ascent of Luhith

They will ascend with continual weeping;

For at the descent of Horonaim

They have heard the anguished cry of destruction.

6 Flee, save your lives,

That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.

7 For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures,

Even you yourself will be captured;

And Chemosh will go off into exile

Together with his priests and his princes.

8 A destroyer will come to every city,

So that no city will escape;

The valley also will be ruined

And the plateau will be destroyed,

As the Lordhas said.

9 Give wings to Moab,

For she will flee away;

And her cities will become a desolation,

Without inhabitants in them.

10 Cursed be the one who does the Lord’swork negligently,

And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.

11 “Moab has been at ease since his youth;

He has also been undisturbed,like wineon its dregs,

And he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,

Nor has he gone into exile.

Therefore he retains his flavor,

And his aroma has not changed.

12 Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will send to him those who tipvessels,and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

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

14 How can you say, ‘We are mighty warriors,

And men valiant for battle’?

15 Moab has been destroyed and men have gone up to his cities;

His choicest young men have also gone down to the slaughter,”

Declares the King, whose name is the Lordof hosts.

16 “The disaster of Moab will soon come,

And his calamity has swiftly hastened.

17 Mourn for him, all you wholivearound him,

Even all of you who know his name;

Say, ‘How has the mighty scepter been broken,

A staff of splendor!’

18 Come down from your glory

And sit on the parched ground,

O daughter dwelling in Dibon,

For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,

He has ruined your strongholds.

19 Stand by the road and keep watch,

O inhabitant of Aroer;

Ask him who flees and her who escapes

Andsay, ‘What has happened?’

20 Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered.

Wail and cry out;

Declare by the Arnon

That Moab has been destroyed.

21 “Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, Jahzah and against Mephaath,

22 against Dibon, Nebo and Beth-diblathaim,

23 against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul and Beth-meon,

24 against Kerioth, Bozrah and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

25 The horn of Moab has been cut off and his arm broken,” declares the Lord.

26 “Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.

27 Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you shakeyour head in scorn.

28 Leave the cities and dwell among the crags,

O inhabitants of Moab,

And be like a dove that nests

Beyond the mouth of the chasm.

29 We have heard of the pride of Moab—heisvery proud—

Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance and his self-exaltation.

30 I know his fury,” declares the Lord,

“But it is futile;

His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.

31 Therefore I will wail for Moab,

Even for all Moab will I cry out;

I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

32 More than the weeping for Jazer

I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah!

Your tendrils stretched across the sea,

They reached to the sea of Jazer;

Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest

The destroyer has fallen.

33 So gladness and joy are taken away

From the fruitful field, even from the land of Moab.

And I have made the wine to cease from the wine presses;

No one will treadthemwith shouting,

The shouting will not be shoutsof joy.

34 From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have raised their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaimand toEglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate.

35 I will make an end of Moab,” declares the Lord, “the one who offerssacrificeon the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods.

36 “Therefore My heart wails for Moab like flutes; My heart also wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced.

37 For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.

38 On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares the Lord.

39 “How shattered it is!Howthey have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”

40 For thus says the Lord:

“Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle

And spread out his wings against Moab.

41 Kerioth has been captured

And the strongholds have been seized,

So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day

Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

42 Moab will be destroyed frombeinga people

Because he has become arrogant toward the Lord.

43 Terror, pit and snare arecomingupon you,

O inhabitant of Moab,” declares the Lord.

44 “The one who flees from the terror

Will fall into the pit,

And the one who climbs up out of the pit

Will be caught in the snare;

For I shall bring upon her,evenupon Moab,

The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.

45 “In the shadow of Heshbon

The fugitives stand without strength;

For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon

And a flame from the midst of Sihon,

And it has devoured the forehead of Moab

And the scalps of the riotous revelers.

46 Woe to you, Moab!

The people of Chemosh have perished;

For your sons have been taken away captive

And your daughters into captivity.

47 Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab

In the latter days,” declares the Lord.

Thus far the judgment on Moab.

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Prophecy against Ammon

1 Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says the Lord:

“Does Israel have no sons?

Or has he no heirs?

Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad

And his people settled in its cities?

2 Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,

“That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard

Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon;

And it will become a desolate heap,

And her towns will be set on fire.

Then Israel will take possession of his possessors,”

Says the Lord.

3 “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed!

Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,

Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,

And rush back and forth inside the walls;

For Malcam will go into exile

Together with his priests and his princes.

4 How boastful you are about the valleys!

Your valley is flowingaway,

O backsliding daughter

Who trusts in her treasures,saying,

‘Who will come against me?’

5 Behold, I am going to bring terror upon you,”

Declares the Lord Godof hosts,

“From alldirectionsaround you;

And each of you will be driven out headlong,

With no one to gather the fugitives together.

6 But afterward I will restore

The fortunes of the sons of Ammon,”

Declares the Lord.

Prophecy against Edom

7 Concerning Edom.

Thus says the Lordof hosts,

“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?

Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?

Has their wisdom decayed?

8 Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,

O inhabitants of Dedan,

For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him

At the time I punish him.

9 If grape gatherers came to you,

Would they not leave gleanings?

If thievescameby night,

They would destroyonlyuntil they had enough.

10 But I have stripped Esau bare,

I have uncovered his hiding places

So that he will not be able to conceal himself;

His offspring has been destroyed along with his relatives

And his neighbors, and he is no more.

11 Leave your orphans behind, I will keepthemalive;

And let your widows trust in Me.”

12 For thus says the Lord, “Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drinkit,and are you the one who will be completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drinkit.

13 For I have sworn by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.”

14 I have heard a message from the Lord,

And an envoy is sent among the nations,saying,

“Gather yourselves together and come against her,

And rise up for battle!”

15 “For behold, I have made you small among the nations,

Despised among men.

16 As for the terror of you,

The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,

O you who live in the clefts of the rock,

Who occupy the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s,

I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

17 “Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.

18 Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it.

19 Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Meinto court?And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”

20 Therefore hear the plan of the Lordwhich He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off,eventhe little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

21 The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea.

22 Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Prophecy against Damascus

23 Concerning Damascus.

“Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,

For they have heard bad news;

They are disheartened.

There is anxiety by the sea,

It cannot be calmed.

24 Damascus has become helpless;

She has turned away to flee,

And panic has gripped her;

Distress and pangs have taken hold of her

Like a woman in childbirth.

25 How the city of praise has not been deserted,

The town of My joy!

26 Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets,

And all the men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lordof hosts.

27 “I will set fire to the wall of Damascus,

And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad.”

Prophecy against Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the Lord,

“Arise, go up to Kedar

And devastate the men of the east.

29 They will take away their tents and their flocks;

They will carry off for themselves

Their tent curtains, all their goods and their camels,

And they will call out to one another, ‘Terror on every side!’

30 Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths,

O inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the Lord;

“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you

And devised a scheme against you.

31 Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease,

Which lives securely,” declares the Lord.

“It has no gates or bars;

They dwell alone.

32 Their camels will become plunder,

And their many cattle for booty,

And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the cornersof their hair;

And I will bring their disaster from every side,” declares the Lord.

33 “Hazor will become a haunt of jackals,

A desolation forever;

No one will live there,

Nor will a son of man reside in it.”

Prophecy against Elam

34 That which came as the word of the Lordto Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

35 “Thus says the Lordof hosts,

‘Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam,

The finest of their might.

36 I will bring upon Elam the four winds

From the four ends of heaven,

And will scatter them to all these winds;

And there will be no nation

To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.

37 So I will shatter Elam before their enemies

And before those who seek their lives;

And I will bring calamity upon them,

Even My fierce anger,’ declares the Lord,

‘And I will send out the sword after them

Until I have consumed them.

38 Then I will set My throne in Elam

And destroy out of it king and princes,’

Declares the Lord.

39 ‘But it will come about in the last days

That I will restore the fortunes of Elam,’ ”

Declares the Lord.

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Prophecy against Babylon

1 The word which the Lordspoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:

2 “Declare and proclaim among the nations.

Proclaim it and lift up a standard.

Do not concealit butsay,

‘Babylon has been captured,

Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered;

Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.’

3 For a nation has come up against her out of the north; it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away!

4 “In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come,boththey and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lordtheir God they will seek.

5 They will ask for the way to Zion,turningtheir faces in its direction; they will come that they may join themselves to the Lordinan everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

6 “My people have become lost sheep;

Their shepherds have led them astray.

They have made them turn asideonthe mountains;

They have gone along from mountain to hill

And have forgotten their resting place.

7 All who came upon them have devoured them;

And their adversaries have said, ‘We are not guilty,

Inasmuch as they have sinned against the Lordwho isthe habitation of righteousness,

Even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’

8 “Wander away from the midst of Babylon

And go forth from the land of the Chaldeans;

Be also like male goats at the head of the flock.

9 For behold, I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon

A horde of great nations from the land of the north,

And they will draw uptheirbattle lines against her;

From there she will be taken captive.

Their arrows will be like an expert warrior

Who does not return empty-handed.

10 Chaldea will become plunder;

All who plunder her will have enough,” declares the Lord.

11 “Because you are glad, because you are jubilant,

O you who pillage My heritage,

Because you skip about like a threshing heifer

And neigh like stallions,

12 Your mother will be greatly ashamed,

She who gave you birth will be humiliated.

Behold,she will bethe least of the nations,

A wilderness, a parched land and a desert.

13 Because of the indignation of the Lordshe will not be inhabited,

But she will be completely desolate;

Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified

And will hiss because of all her wounds.

14 Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side,

All you who bend the bow;

Shoot at her, do not be sparing withyourarrows,

For she has sinned against the Lord.

15 Raise your battle cry against her on every side!

She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen,

Her walls have been torn down.

For this is the vengeance of the Lord:

Take vengeance on her;

As she has doneto others, sodo to her.

16 Cut off the sower from Babylon

And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest;

From before the sword of the oppressor

They will each turn back to his own people

And they will each flee to his own land.

17 “Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driventhemaway. The first onewhodevoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last onewhohas broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

18 Therefore thus says the Lordof hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.

19 And I will bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his desire will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

20 In those days and at that time,’ declares the Lord, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’

21 “Against the land ofMerathaim, go up against it,

And against the inhabitants ofPekod.

Slay and utterly destroy them,” declares the Lord,

“And do according to all that I have commanded you.

22 The noise of battle is in the land,

And great destruction.

23 How the hammer of the whole earth

Has been cut off and broken!

How Babylon has become

An object of horror among the nations!

24 I set a snare for you and you were also caught, O Babylon,

While you yourself were not aware;

You have been found and also seized

Because you have engaged in conflict with the Lord.”

25 The Lordhas opened His armory

And has brought forth the weapons of His indignation,

For it is a work of the Lord Godof hosts

In the land of the Chaldeans.

26 Come to her from the farthest border;

Open up her barns,

Pile her up like heaps

And utterly destroy her,

Let nothing be left to her.

27 Put all her young bulls to the sword;

Let them go down to the slaughter!

Woe be upon them, for their day has come,

The time of their punishment.

28 There is a sound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon,

To declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lordour God,

Vengeance for His temple.

29 “Summonmany against Babylon,

All those who bend the bow:

Encamp against her on every side,

Let there be no escape.

Repay her according to her work;

According to all that she has done,sodo to her;

For she has become arrogant against the Lord,

Against the Holy One of Israel.

30 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,

And all her men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord.

31 “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,”

Declares the Lord Godof hosts,

“For your day has come,

The time when I will punish you.

32 The arrogant one will stumble and fall

With no one to raise him up;

And I will set fire to his cities

And it will devour all his environs.”

33 Thus says the Lordof hosts,

“The sons of Israel are oppressed,

And the sons of Judah as well;

And all who took them captive have held them fast,

They have refused to let them go.

34 Their Redeemer is strong, the Lordof hosts is His name;

He will vigorously plead their case

So that He may bring rest to the earth,

But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

35 A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord,

“And against the inhabitants of Babylon

And against her officials and her wise men!

36 A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools!

A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered!

37 A sword against their horses and against their chariots

And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her,

And they will become women!

A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!

38 A drought on her waters, and they will be dried up!

For it is a land of idols,

And they are mad over fearsome idols.

39 “Therefore the desert creatures will livetherealong with the jackals;

The ostriches also will live in it,

And it will never again be inhabited

Or dwelt in from generation to generation.

40 As when God overthrew Sodom

And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares the Lord,

“No man will live there,

Nor willanyson of man reside in it.

41 “Behold, a people is coming from the north,

And a great nation and many kings

Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

42 They seizetheirbow and javelin;

They are cruel and have no mercy.

Their voice roars like the sea;

And they ride on horses,

Marshalled like a man for the battle

Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

43 The king of Babylon has heard the report about them,

And his hands hang limp;

Distress has gripped him,

Agony like a woman in childbirth.

44 “Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Meinto court?And who then is the shepherd who can stand before Me?”

45 Therefore hear the plan of the Lordwhich He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them off,eventhe little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

46 At the shout, “Babylon has been seized!” the earth is shaken, and an outcry is heard among the nations.

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