November
10th Jeremiah 49 Ammon
1: 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? 2: Therefore, 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. 3: Howl, 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. 4: Wherefore gloriest thou in the
valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her
treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? 5: Behold, 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. 6: And afterward I will bring again
the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
Edom
7: Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their
wisdom vanished? 8: Flee 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. 9: If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some
gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10: But 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. 11: Leave thy fatherless children, I
will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 12: For 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. 13:
For 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. 14: I 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. 15: For, lo, I will make thee small
among the heathen, and despised among men. 16: Thy 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. 17: Also Edom
shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and
shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 18:
As 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. 19: Behold,
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? 20: Therefore 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.
21: The earth is moved at the
noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. 22:
Behold, 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.
Damascus
23: Concerning 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. 24: Damascus 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. 25:
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26: Therefore 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. 27: And I will kindle a fire in the
wall of Damascus,
and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Kedar
and Hazor
28: Concerning 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. 29: Their 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. 30: Flee, 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. 31: Arise, get you
up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which
have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. 32: And 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. 33: And 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.
Elam
34: The word of the LORD that came to
Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah
king of Judah, saying, 35: Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of
their might. 36: And 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. 37: For 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: 38: And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from
thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. 39: But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will
bring again the captivity of Elam,
saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
50 Babylon
1: The word that the LORD spake
against Babylon
and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2: Declare ye among the nations, and
publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is
confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images
are broken in pieces. 3: For
out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her
land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall
depart, both man and beast. 4:
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together,
going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. 5: They shall ask the way to Zion
with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the
LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 6: My people hath been lost sheep: their
shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the
mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their
restingplace. 7: All that found
them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because
they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD,
the hope of their fathers. 8:
Remove out of the midst of Babylon,
and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before
the flocks. 9: For, lo, I will
raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from
the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from
thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man;
none shall return in vain. 10:
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil
her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. 11:
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage,
because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 12: Your mother shall be sore
confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the
nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13: Because of the wrath of the LORD
it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that
goeth by Babylon
shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14: Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the
bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. 15: Shout against her round about:
she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down:
for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done,
do unto her. 16: Cut off the
sower from Babylon,
and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the
oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee
every one to his own land.
Israel will return
17: Israel
is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria
hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18: Therefore thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon
and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
19: And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall
feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be
satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20: In those days, and in that time,
saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel
shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found:
for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
The
people of Babylon
21: Go up against the land of Merathaim,
even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly
destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have
commanded thee. 22: A sound of
battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23: How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!
how is Babylon
become a desolation among the nations! 24:
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast
not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against
the LORD. 25: The LORD hath
opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for
this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 26: Come against her from the utmost
border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly:
let nothing of her be left. 27:
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their
day is come, the time of their visitation. 28: The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of
Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of
his temple. 29: Call together
the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round
about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; ccording
to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the
LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. 30:
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall
be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. 31:
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for
thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 32: And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall
raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all
round about him. 33: Thus saith
the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel
and the children of Judah
were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they
refused to let them go. 34:
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly
plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the
inhabitants of Babylon.
35: A sword is upon the
Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her
wise men. 36: A sword is upon
the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall
be dismayed. 37: A sword is
upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people
that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon
her treasures; and they shall be robbed. 38:
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of
graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. 39: Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts
of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it
shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from
generation to generation. 40:
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof,
saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell
therein. 41: Behold, a people
shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised
up from the coasts of the earth. 42:
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy:
their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one
put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. 43: The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and
his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in
travail. 44: Behold, he shall
come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the
strong: but I will make them suddenly 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? 45: Therefore hear ye the counsel of
the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon;
and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their
habitation desolate with them. 46:
At the noise of the taking of Babylon
the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Next Jeremiah writes the Prophecy that he received
concerning the Ammonites. The Lord says there will come a day when the people
of Ammon will hear the sound of war from the Lord. The cities of Ammon will be
totally destroyed. The King, priests and princes will be taken captive. The
Lord will bring fear on them. Next he focuses on Edom. Both of these nations were
very clever yet their wisdom will not save them. The children of Edom will be
left fatherless and the widows who trust in the Lord will be left alive. The
Lord swears that Bozrah will be left in total destruction. Anyone that sees Edom will be
astonished. No-one will ever live there. The cry of Edom
will be heard as far away as the Gulf
of Aqabar in the south and Damascus in the north and the destruction of the men of Edom will be seen in Damascus. These prophecies will be seen in
their full fulfilment prior to the Kingdom. Next Jeremiah speaks of Kedar and
Hazor which is what we call Saudi
Arabia. The Babylonians will be sent to
destroy these kingdoms. Saudi
Arabia will be a desolation for ever right
through the Messianic kingdom – forever. Next Jeremiah speaks of Elam. The Lord
will break the military might of that country which consists of artillery. The
Lord will send four winds onto them and will scatter them to every nation on
earth. The Lord will send armies against them until they are totally destroyed.
Yet in the end (in the Kingdom) the Lord will bring those who are scattered
back to the land
of Edom. The next nation
Jeremiah records Gods prophecy against is Babylon.
The gods of Babylon
will fall Bel and Merodach. God will judge Babylon
because of the fact that they spoiled Israel. The sin of Babylon will be a sin against the Lord. In
the later days Israel will
go to war with Babylon
and destroy it. Babylon
will be totally destroyed for ever. The destruction will be like Sodom and Gomorrah.
These passages look for forward in history to the time of the wrath of God on
the nations.
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