<vn='1'>Concerning the <sn="1121 5984">Ammonites</s>, <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; Hath <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="369">no</s><sn="1121">sons</s>? hath he <sn="369">no</s><sn="3423">heir</s>? <sn="4069">why</s> then doth their <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3423">inherit</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1410">Gad</s>, and his <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3427">dwell</s> in his <sn="5892">cities</s>? </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3651">Therefore</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="935">come</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that I will cause an <sn="8643">alarm</s> of <sn="4421">war</s> to be <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="413">in</s><sn="7237">Rabbah</s> of the <sn="1121 5983">Ammonites</s>; and it shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="8077">desolate</s><sn="8510">heap</s>, and her <sn="1323">daughters</s> shall be <sn="3341">burned</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>: then shall <sn="3478">Israel</s> be <sn="3423">heir</s> unto them that were <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3423">heirs</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3213">Howl</s>, O <sn="2809">Heshbon</s>, <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5857">Ai</s> is <sn="7703">spoiled</s>: <sn="6817">cry</s>, ye <sn="1323">daughters</s> of <sn="7237">Rabbah</s>, <sn="2296">gird</s> you with <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>; <sn="5594">lament</s>, and run to and <sn="7751">fro</s> by the <sn="1448">hedges</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> their <sn="4428">king</s> shall <sn="1980">go</s> into <sn="1473">captivity</s>, and his <sn="3548">priests</s> and his <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="4100">Wherefore</s><sn="1984">gloriest</s> thou in the <sn="6010">valleys</s>, thy <sn="2100">flowing</s><sn="6010">valley</s>, O <sn="7728">backsliding</s><sn="1323">daughter</s>? that <sn="982">trusted</s> in her <sn="214">treasures</s>, saying, <sn="4310">Who</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> me? </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="935">bring</s> a <sn="6343">fear</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, from <sn="4480 3605">all</s> those that be <sn="5439">about</s> thee; and ye shall be driven <sn="5080">out</s> every <sn="376">man</s> right <sn="6440">forth</s>; and <sn="369">none</s> shall gather <sn="6908">up</s> him that <sn="5074">wandereth</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="310 3651">afterward</s> I will bring <sn="7725">again</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7622">captivity</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Concerning <sn="123">Edom</s>, <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; Is <sn="2451">wisdom</s><sn="369">no</s><sn="5750">more</s> in <sn="8487">Teman</s>? is <sn="6098">counsel</s><sn="6">perished</s> from the <sn="4480 995">prudent</s>? is their <sn="2451">wisdom</s><sn="5628">vanished</s>? </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5127">Flee</s> ye, turn <sn="6437">back</s>, <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="6009">deep</s>, O <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="1719">Dedan</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I will <sn="935">bring</s> the <sn="343">calamity</s> of <sn="6215">Esau</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, the <sn="6256">time</s> that I will <sn="6485">visit</s> him. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="518">If</s> grape <sn="1219">gatherers</s><sn="935">come</s> to thee, would they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7604">leave</s> some gleaning <sn="5955">grapes</s>? <sn="518">if</s><sn="1590">thieves</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>, they will <sn="7843">destroy</s> till they have <sn="1767">enough</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">But</s><sn="589">I</s> have made <sn="*853"></s><sn="6215">Esau</s><sn="2834">bare</s>, I have <sn="1540">uncovered</s><sn="*853"></s> his secret <sn="4565">places</s>, and he shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3201">able</s> to hide <sn="2247">himself</s>: his <sn="2233">seed</s> is <sn="7703">spoiled</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and his <sn="7934">neighbors</s>, and he is <sn="369">not</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="5800">Leave</s> thy fatherless <sn="3490">children</s>, <sn="589">I</s> will preserve them <sn="2421">alive</s>; and let thy <sn="490">widows</s><sn="982">trust</s><sn="5921">in</s> me. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, they <sn="834">whose</s><sn="4941">judgment</s> was <sn="369">not</s> to <sn="8354">drink</s> of the <sn="3563">cup</s> have assuredly <sn="8354 8354">drunken</s>; and art <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1931">he</s> that shall altogether go <sn="5352 5352">unpunished</s>? thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> go <sn="5352">unpunished</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> thou shalt surely <sn="8354 8354">drink</s> of it. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">For</s> I have <sn="7650">sworn</s> by myself, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="1224">Bozrah</s> shall <sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="8047">desolation</s>, a <sn="2781">reproach</s>, a <sn="2721">waste</s>, and a <sn="7045">curse</s>; and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> thereof shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5769">perpetual</s><sn="2723">wastes</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>I have <sn="8085">heard</s> a <sn="8052">rumor</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and an <sn="6735">ambassador</s> is <sn="7971">sent</s> unto the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, saying, Gather ye <sn="6908">together</s>, and <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">against</s> her, and rise <sn="6965">up</s> to the <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">For</s>, <sn="2009">lo</s>, I will <sn="5414">make</s> thee <sn="6996">small</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, and <sn="959">despised</s> among <sn="120">men</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Thy <sn="8606">terribleness</s> hath <sn="5377">deceived</s> thee, and the <sn="2087">pride</s> of thine <sn="3820">heart</s>, O thou that <sn="7931">dwellest</s> in the <sn="2288">clefts</s> of the <sn="5553">rock</s>, that <sn="8610">holdest</s> the <sn="4791">height</s> of the <sn="1389">hill</s>: <sn="3588">though</s> thou shouldest make thy <sn="7064">nest</s> as <sn="1361">high</s> as the <sn="5404">eagle</s>, I will bring thee <sn="3381">down</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Also <sn="123">Edom</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="8047">desolation</s>: every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="5674">goeth</s><sn="5921">by</s> it shall be <sn="8074">astonished</s>, and shall <sn="8319">hiss</s><sn="5921">at</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4347">plagues</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='18'>As in the <sn="4114">overthrow</s> of <sn="5467">Sodom</s> and <sn="6017">Gomorrah</s> and the <sn="7934">neighbor</s> cities thereof, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s> shall <sn="3427">abide</s><sn="8033">there</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall a <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s><sn="1481">dwell</s> in it. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, he shall come <sn="5927">up</s> like a <sn="738">lion</s> from the <sn="4480 1347">swelling</s> of <sn="3383">Jordan</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="5116">habitation</s> of the <sn="386">strong</s>: <sn="3588">but</s> I will <sn="7280">suddenly</s> make him run <sn="7323">away</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> her: and <sn="4310">who</s> is a <sn="977">chosen</s> man, that I may <sn="6485">appoint</s><sn="413">over</s> her? <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4310">who</s> is like <sn="3644">me</s>? and <sn="4310">who</s> will <sn="3259">appoint</s> me the time? and <sn="4310">who</s> is <sn="2088">that</s><sn="7462">shepherd</s><sn="834">that</s> will <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> me? </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="6098">counsel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="3289">taken</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="123">Edom</s>; and his <sn="4284">purposes</s>, <sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="2803">purposed</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="8487">Teman</s>: <sn="518 3808">Surely</s> the <sn="6810">least</s> of the <sn="6629">flock</s> shall draw them <sn="5498">out</s>: <sn="518 3808">surely</s> he shall make their <sn="5116">habitations</s><sn="8074">desolate</s><sn="5921">with</s> them. </v>
<vn='21'>The <sn="776">earth</s> is <sn="7493">moved</s> at the <sn="4480 6963">noise</s> of their <sn="5307">fall</s>, at the <sn="6818">cry</s> the <sn="6963">noise</s> thereof was <sn="8085">heard</s> in the <sn="5488">Red</s><sn="3220">sea</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, he shall come <sn="5927">up</s> and <sn="1675">fly</s> as the <sn="5404">eagle</s>, and <sn="6566">spread</s> his <sn="3671">wings</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="1224">Bozrah</s>: and at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> shall the <sn="3820">heart</s> of the mighty <sn="1368">men</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s><sn="1961">be</s> as the <sn="3820">heart</s> of a <sn="802">woman</s> in her <sn="6887">pangs</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Concerning <sn="1834">Damascus</s>. <sn="2574">Hamath</s> is <sn="954">confounded</s>, and <sn="774">Arpad</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they have <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="8052">tidings</s>: they are <sn="4127">fainthearted</s>; there is <sn="1674">sorrow</s> on the <sn="3220">sea</s>; it <sn="3808 3201">cannot</s> be <sn="8252">quiet</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1834">Damascus</s> is waxed <sn="7503">feeble</s>, and turneth <sn="6437">herself</s> to <sn="5127">flee</s>, and <sn="7374">fear</s> hath <sn="2388">seized</s> on her: <sn="6869">anguish</s> and <sn="2256">sorrows</s> have <sn="270">taken</s> her, as a woman in <sn="3205">travail</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="349">How</s> is the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="8416">praise</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="5800">left</s>, the <sn="7151">city</s> of my <sn="4885">joy</s>! </v>
<vn='26'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> her young <sn="970">men</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s> in her <sn="7339">streets</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4421">war</s> shall be cut <sn="1826">off</s> in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And I will <sn="3341">kindle</s> a <sn="784">fire</s> in the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="1834">Damascus</s>, and it shall <sn="398">consume</s> the <sn="759">palaces</s> of <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad. </v>
<vn='28'>Concerning <sn="6938">Kedar</s>, and concerning the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of <sn="2674">Hazor</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> shall <sn="5221">smite</s>, <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="6965">Arise</s> ye, go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6938">Kedar</s>, and <sn="7703">spoil</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">men</s> of the <sn="6924">east</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Their <sn="168">tents</s> and their <sn="6629">flocks</s> shall they take <sn="3947">away</s>: they shall <sn="5375">take</s> to themselves their <sn="3407">curtains</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3627">vessels</s>, and their <sn="1581">camels</s>; and they shall <sn="7121">cry</s><sn="5921">unto</s> them, <sn="4032">Fear</s> is on every <sn="4480 5439">side</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="5127">Flee</s>, <sn="5110">get</s> you far <sn="3966">off</s>, <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="6009">deep</s>, O ye <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="2674">Hazor</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> hath <sn="3289">taken</s><sn="6098">counsel</s><sn="5921">against</s> you, and hath <sn="2803">conceived</s> a <sn="4284">purpose</s><sn="5921">against</s> you. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="6965">Arise</s>, get you <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="7961">wealthy</s><sn="1471">nation</s>, that <sn="3427">dwelleth</s> without <sn="983">care</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, which have <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="1817">gates</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="1280">bars</s>, which <sn="7931">dwell</s><sn="910">alone</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And their <sn="1581">camels</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="957">booty</s>, and the <sn="1995">multitude</s> of their <sn="4735">cattle</s> a <sn="7998">spoil</s>: and I will <sn="2219">scatter</s> into <sn="3605">all</s><sn="7307">winds</s> them that are in the <sn="7112">utmost</s><sn="6285">corners</s>; and I will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="343">calamity</s> from <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="5676">sides</s> thereof, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And <sn="2674">Hazor</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="4583">dwelling</s> for <sn="8577">dragons</s>, and a <sn="8077">desolation</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>: there shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="3427">abide</s><sn="8033">there</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> any <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s><sn="1481">dwell</s> in it. </v>
<vn='34'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="5867">Elam</s> in the <sn="7225">beginning</s> of the <sn="4438">reign</s> of <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='35'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="7665">break</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7198">bow</s> of <sn="5867">Elam</s>, the <sn="7225">chief</s> of their <sn="1369">might</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And <sn="413">upon</s><sn="5867">Elam</s> will I <sn="935">bring</s> the <sn="702">four</s><sn="7307">winds</s> from the <sn="4480 702">four</s><sn="7098">quarters</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>, and will <sn="2219">scatter</s> them toward <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">those</s><sn="7307">winds</s>; and there shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="1471">nation</s><sn="834 8033">whither</s> the <sn="5080">outcasts</s> of <sn="5867">Elam</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">come</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>For I will cause <sn="*853"></s><sn="5867">Elam</s> to be <sn="2865">dismayed</s><sn="6440">before</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s>, and <sn="6440">before</s> them that <sn="1245">seek</s> their <sn="5315">life</s>: and I will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them, even <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and I will <sn="7971">send</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="310">after</s> them, <sn="5704">till</s> I have <sn="3615">consumed</s> them: </v>
<vn='38'>And I will <sn="7760">set</s> my <sn="3678">throne</s> in <sn="5867">Elam</s>, and will <sn="6">destroy</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> and the <sn="8269">princes</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>But it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="319">latter</s><sn="3117">days</s>, that I will bring <sn="7725">again</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7622">captivity</s> of <sn="5867">Elam</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>