Jeremiah

Jeremiah 49 ©

1 The judgment of the Ammonites: 6 their restoration. 7 The judgment of Edom, 23 of Damascus, 28 of Kedar, 30 of Hazor, 34 and of Elam. 39 The restoration of Elam.

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1CONCERNING athe Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth 2their king binherit Gad, and his people cdwell in his cities?

a ch. 25.9,21. Eze. 21.28; 25.2-10. Am. 1.13-15. Zep. 2.8-11.
b Am. 1.13. 2Ki. 10.33; 15.29. 2Ch. 20.10.
c Ps. 9.6.
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that dI 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 eshall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

d Am. 1.14. Eze. 25.5. Zep. 2.9,10.
e Eze. 25.14. Is. 14.1-3. Ob. 19. Re. 11.15.
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fHowl, O Heshbon, for gAi is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, *gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; hfor 3their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

f ch. 48.5,31-46; 47.5; 5.8; 6.26. Is. 32.11. Re. 18.19.
g Not Jos. 8.
h ch. 48.7; 46.25; 43.12. Am. 1.15.
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iWherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, 4thy flowing valley, jO backsliding daughter? kthat trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

i ch. 46.20; 48.29. Is. 28.1,4. Pr. 11.4. Is. 47.7,8. Eze. 29.3. ch. 51.1.
j ch. 7.24. Ho. 4.16. 2Ti. 3.13.
k ch. 48.7. Ps. 52.7; 49.6. Pr. 10.15. Is. 47.8. Re. 18.7. ch. 21.13.
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Behold, lI will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye mshall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall ngather up him that wandereth.

l v.29. ch. 48.43; 15.8. Is. 24.17,18.
m ch. 46.5. Am. 4.3. Ge. 4.14.
n Ps. 21.10. Is. 16.3.
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And oafterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.

o ch. 48.47. v.11,39.
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pConcerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in qTeman? is rcounsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

p Is. 21.11; 34.5,6; 63.1. Eze. 25.8,12-14; 35. Am. 1.11,12. Joel 3.19. Ob. 1-21. Mal. 1.3,4. ch. 25.9,21. La. 4.21.
q Ob. 8. Is. 21.11,12. Job 4.1. Am. 1.12. Hab. 3.3.
r Job 5.12,13.
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sFlee ye, 5turn back, dwell tdeep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring uthe calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

s v.30. ch. 6.1. Mat. 24.16. ch. 48.6; 25.23.
t Re. 6.15. 1Sa. 13.6. Ju. 6.2.
u Mal. 1.3,4.
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If vgrapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some *gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have 6enough.

v Ob. 5. Is. 17.6.
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But I have made Esau wbare, I have uncovered his xsecret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his yseed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

w Mal. 1.3. Ob. 6.
x v.8. Is. 45.3.
y Ob. 9,10. Is. 14.21,22.
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Leave thy fatherless children, zI will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

z Ps. 68.5; 146.9. Ho. 14.3.
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For thus saith the LORD; Behold, athey whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall baltogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

a ch. 25.29; 39; 52. 1Pe. 4.17,18. Ob. 16.
b ch. 30.11; 25.28,29; 46.28. Ob. 16.
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For I have csworn by myself, saith the LORD, that dBozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

c Am. 6.8. ch. 22.5.
d Is. 34.6,9-15; 63.1. Am. 1.12. Mal. 1.3,4. v.17-22. Eze. 35.3-15; 25.13,14. Joel 3.19. Ob. 18. ch. 48.24.
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I have heard a erumour 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.

e Eze. 7.25,26. Ob. 1. ch. 50.9-21; 51.11,27,28. Is. 13.2,3; 18.3. ch. 25.9. v.28.
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For, lo, fI will make thee small among the heathen, and gdespised among men.

f Ob. 2. Mi. 7.10. Ps. 21.10.
g 1Sa. 2.30. Ps. 53.5.
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Thy hterribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the irock, that holdest the height of the hill: jthough thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

h Is. 25.4,5; 49.25. Ob. 3,4. Mal. 1.3,4. Pr. 15.25; 16.18; 18.12; 29.23.
i Ob. 4. Nu. 34.3,4. ch. 48.28. 2Ki. 14.7.
j Ob. 4. ch. 51.53. Am. 9.2,3. Job 39.27,28.
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Also kEdom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

k ch. 18.16. Is. 34.9-15. Eze. 25.13,14; 35.3-15. Joel 3.19. Ob. 18. ch. 50.13. Mal. 1.3,4. ch. 25.9,10.
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As lin 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.

l De. 29.23. Ge. 19.24,25. ch. 50.40. Is. 13.19. Am. 4.11. Zep. 2.9. v.33. Jude 7. 2Pe. 2.6. Job 18.15-17. Ps. 11.6.
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Behold, he shall come up mlike a lion from nthe swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is oa chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for pwho is like me? and who will 6appoint me the time? and who is qthat shepherd that will rstand before me?

m ch. 25.9,32,38; 27.3,6,8; 4.7; 5.6; 50.44; 8.16. Zec. 11.3.
n Jos. 3.15. 1Ch. 12.15. ch. 12.5.
o ch. 25.9; 27.6,8. Ex. 15.11.
p Is. 40.25.
q ch. 25.34,36. Zec. 11.3,8,17.
r Na. 1.6. 1Co. 10.22. Ps. 76.7. Re. 6.15-17.
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Therefore hear the scounsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of tTeman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he ushall make their habitations desolate with them.

s Ps. 33.11.
t Job 6.19,20. v.7.
u v.13,17,18. Mal. 1.3,4.
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The vearth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the 7Red sea.

v Eze. 26.15,18; 31.16; 32.10. Re. 11.13; 18.10. ch. 50.46.
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Behold, he shall come up and wfly as the eagle, and spread his wings over xBozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be yas the heart of a woman in her pangs.

w ch. 48.40,41. Ho. 8.1. v.16.
x v.13.
y Ps. 48.6. Is. 13.8; 21.3; 26.17. ch. 4.31; 6.24; 13.21; 22.23; 30.6; 48.41. v.24,30.
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zConcerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are 8fainthearted; there is sorrow 9on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

z Am. 1.3-5. ch. 25.9,26. Is. 17.1,3. Zec. 9.1,2. Is. 37.13; 10.9.
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Damascus is awaxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her : anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in *travail.

a v.8,22. Ps. 48.6.
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How is the bcity of praise not left, the city of my joy!

b ch. 33.9; 51.41. Is. 1.26; 62.7. Da. 4.30. Ps. 37.36.
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10Therefore her cyoung men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.

c ch. 6.11; 9.21; 11.22; 50.30; 51.3. Eze. 27.27. Ps. 21.10.
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And I will kindle a dfire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of eBen-hadad.

d Am. 1.4. v.2. De. 32.22.
e 1Ki. 15.18,28; 20.1. 2Ki. 6.24;13.3.
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¶Concerning fKedar, and concerning the kingdoms of gHazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; hArise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men iof the east.

f Is. 21.13-17. ch. 25.9,23,24.
g Not Jos. 11.10. Ju. 4.2.
h v.14,31. ch. 6.4,5; 50.14-16,21. Is. 13.2-5.
i Ju. 6.3. Job 1.3. Ge. 25.6,18. Is. 11.14.
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Their jtents 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, kFear is on every side.

j Ps. 120.5. Is. 13.20; 66.6,7. Job 1.3. ch. 25.9; 4.7; 5.15-17; 10.20; 11.12.
k ch. 20.3; 46.5; 6.25; 48.41,43. v.5,22,24.
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lFlee, 11get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for mNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

l v.8.
m ch. 25.9,23,24; 27.6. Is. 10.7.
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Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, 12that ndwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which odwell alone.

n Ju. 18.7,27. Is. 47.8. Zep. 2.15. Eze. 30.9; 38.11. Is. 32.9,10.
o Nu. 23.9. De. 33.28. Mi. 7.14.
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And their camels pshall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and qI will scatter into all winds them that are 13in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.

p v.29.
q Eze. 5.10,13. De. 28.64.
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And Hazor rshall be a dwelling for *dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

r ch. 9.11; 10.22; 51.37. Is. 13.20-22; 34.11-15. Zep. 2.9,13-15. Mal. 1.3,4.
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¶The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against sElam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

s 2Ki. 24.18. ch. 25.25.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break tthe bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

t Is. 22.6. ch. 50.14; 51.3,56. Ps. 46.9.
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And upon Elam will I bring uthe four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and vwill scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

u v.32. Da. 7.2. ch. 4.11,12; 51.1. Is. 66.15; 5.28. Na. 1.3.
v v.32. De. 32.27; 28.25,64. Eze. 5.10,13.
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For wI 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 xwill send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

w v.5,22,24,29. ch. 25.9,15,16,27,32,33, 38. Ps. 48.5,6.
x ch. 9.16; 48.2. Le. 26.33.
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And yI will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.

y ch. 43.10.
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¶But zit shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

z ch. 48.47. v.6. 2Ch. 36.23. Ezr. 1.1. Ac. 1.9.