Jeremiah 49

Jeremiah 49:1

Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

Hath Israel no posterity at all to inherit his lands! How comes it then that the Ammonitish king takes upon him to inherit Gad, the possession of one of his tribes, and causeth his people to dwell in the cities of Israel?

Jeremiah 49:2

Then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

Then shall Israel come to take possession of the land of the Ammonites, which had usurped the possessions of Israel.

Jeremiah 49:3

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah.

Howl, O Heshbon, the chief city of the Gadites, usurped by Ammon, for Ai, the neighbouring city, is spoiled; and let Rabbah the great city of the Ammonites mourn.

Jeremiah 49:4

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter?

Wherefore dost thou glory in thy rich and fruitful valleys, O thou proud and rebellious issue of Ammon!

Jeremiah 49:8

Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, &c.

Let the inhabitants of Dedan, a city of Edom, flee; for I will bring upon them that calamity, which is justly owing to the sons of Esau whom I have rejected.

Jeremiah 49:10

I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled.

But I have wholly despoiled Edom, and have left him no hiding place: I have stripped him of all his forces; his seed is destroyed.

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

If thou have any orphans or any widows left, I will take order for them, saith the Lord; yea, I will take order that thou shalt have none left alive.

Jeremiah 49:12

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?

For thus saith the Lord; Behold, even my people the Jews, which, in comparison of thee, had no reason to be put to these extremities of judgments, they have been plagued severely by my just hand; and shalt thou think to go unpunished!

Jeremiah 49:13

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozvah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

I have firmly and irrevocably decreed, that thy prime city, Bozvah, shall be perpetually desolated; and the daughter cities, that appertain to it, shall be laid waste for ever.

Jeremiah 49:14

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.

I have certain and infallible revelation from the Lord, and summons is gone out from him unto the Chaldeans and Assyrians to that purpose, that God will send a powerful and irresistible enemy against Edom: he calls together the dreadful forces of these great kings to set upon it.

Jeremiah 49:16

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.

O thou, that hast wont to brag of thy strong and impregnable forts and situation, that thy towers are high and invincible, know, that if thou shouldest build as high as the eagle makes his nest, I will bring thee down thence, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:19

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?

Behold, the proud Edomite comes up against the Chaldean, like some fierce lion, that is driven by the swelling of the streams of Jordan to change his den, and to seek his prey in the mountains; but I will suddenly make him to run away from that mighty enemy: and who is the man, whom I shall chuse out to be the leader of this great design? even Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon: I have thus decreed it, and who shall alter my determinations? Who will take upon him, either to direct or to oppose me?

Jeremiah 49:20

Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out.

Surely the very meanest and basest of the Chaldean army shall discomfit and overthrow the proud inhabitants of Teman.

Jeremiah 49:21

The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red Sea.

So great shall be the noise of the fall of those walls, and the shouts and shrieks of the people, as that it shall be heard very far off, even as far as the Red Sea, which is very remote from it.

Jeremiah 49:25

How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

How is it, that so goodly and famous a city as Damascus, so praised, so admired, hath not the favour to be spared from sacking and vastation?

Jeremiah 49:27

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

I will cause a fire to be kindled in the wall of Damascus, which shall consume the palace of Benhadad, that ancient and cruel enemy of Israel.

Jeremiah 49:28

Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

Arise, O ye Chaldeans, go up against those of Kedar or Arabia; and spoil those, that dwell towards the eastern coast.

Jeremiah 49:31

Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

Arise, get ye up unto the wealthy nation of the Kedarenes, that dwell without care in their tents; abounding with flocks and herds in the desert, where they dwell apart without cities or towns.

Jeremiah 49:35

I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

I will overthrow the archers of the Parthians, and their confines, on the sea coasts; and break their bows, wherein their chief strength consisteth.

Jeremiah 49:36

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds.

And I will bring upon them enemies from all the coasts of heaven, which shall prevail against them, and scatter them to all the coasts of the world.

Jeremiah 49:37

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; &c.

And I will be known to triumph over those Parthians, and will erect amongst them a throne for that king whom I have designed to it; having utterly destroyed all their native kings and princes.

Jeremiah 49:39

But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

But, at the last, under the reign of the Messiah, will I call these Elamites into my Church, saith the Lord. See Acts ii. 9.