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
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
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 Benhadad
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
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
