127 lines
6.9 KiB
Markdown
127 lines
6.9 KiB
Markdown
## Word Against Ammon
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###### 1
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Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: "Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no one who can take possession? Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad And his people settled in its cities?
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###### 2
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Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares Yahweh, "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 Yahweh.
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###### 3
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"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.
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###### 4
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How boastful you are about the valleys! Your valley is flowing _away_, O faithless daughter Who trusts in her treasures, _saying_, 'Who will come against me?'
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###### 5
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Behold, I am going to bring dread upon you," Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts, "From all around you; And each of you will be banished headlong, With no one to gather the one who flees.
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###### 6
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But afterward I will return The fortunes of the sons of Ammon," Declares Yahweh.
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## Word Against Edom
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Concerning Edom. Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has counsel been lost to the understanding? Has their wisdom decayed?
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Flee away, turn back, inhabit the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan, For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him At the time I punish him.
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###### 9
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If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not have gleanings remain? If thieves _came_ by night, They would ruin _only_ until they had enough.
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###### 10
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But I have stripped Esau bare; I have uncovered his hiding places, So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His seed has been destroyed along with his relatives And his neighbors, and he is no more.
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###### 11
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Leave your orphans behind, I will keep _them_ alive; And let your widows trust in Me."
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###### 12
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For thus says Yahweh, "Behold, those who are not _under_ judgment to drink the cup will certainly drink _it_, but are you the one who will go completely unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but you will certainly drink _it_.
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###### 13
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For I have sworn by Myself," declares Yahweh, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin, and an imprecation; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."
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###### 14
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I have heard a message from Yahweh, And an envoy is sent among the nations, _saying_, "Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle!"
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"For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.
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As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who seize the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle's, I will bring you down from there," declares Yahweh.
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"Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.
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###### 18
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Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors," says Yahweh, "no one will live there, nor will a son of man sojourn in it.
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Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against an enduring 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 Me _into court_? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?"
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###### 20
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Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh which He has counseled against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, _even_ the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.
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###### 21
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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.
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###### 22
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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.
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## Word Against Damascus
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Concerning Damascus. "Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, For they have heard a bad report; They are melting away. There is anxiety by the sea, It cannot be quieted.
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Damascus has become limp _in their hands_; She has turned away to flee, And panic has taken hold of her; Distress and pangs have seized her Like a woman in childbirth.
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How the city of praise has not been forsaken, The town of My joy!
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Therefore, her young men will fall in her open squares, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day," declares Yahweh of hosts.
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"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad."
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## Word Against Kedar and Hazor
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Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down. Thus says Yahweh, "Arise, go up to Kedar And destroy the men of the east.
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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!'
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###### 30
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Run away, flee earnestly! Inhabit the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor," declares Yahweh; "For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you And purposed a purpose against you.
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###### 31
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Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease, Which inhabits _its land_ securely," declares Yahweh. "It has no gates or bars; They dwell alone.
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###### 32
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Their camels will become plunder, And their many cattle for spoil, And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners _of their hair_; And I will bring their disaster from every side," declares Yahweh.
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###### 33
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"Hazor will become a haunt of jackals, A desolation forever; No one will inhabit there, Nor will a son of man sojourn in it."
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## Word Against Elam
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That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
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"Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam, The finest of their might.
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I will bring upon Elam the four winds From the four ends of heaven, And I will scatter them to all these winds; And there will be no nation To which the banished ones of Elam will not go.
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So I will shatter Elam before their enemies And before those who seek their lives; And I will bring calamity upon them, Even My burning anger,' declares Yahweh, 'And I will send out the sword after them Until I have consumed them.
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###### 38
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Then I will set My throne in Elam And cause king and princes from there to perish,' Declares Yahweh.
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###### 39
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'But it will be in the last days That I will return the fortunes of Elam,'" Declares Yahweh.
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