1Concerning 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?[ † ]Deuteronomy 23:3-42 Chronicles 20:1Jeremiah 25:21Ezekiel 21:28-32Ezekiel 25:1-7Amos 1:13-15Zephaniah 2:8-11 2Therefore, 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 .[ † ]Amos 1:13-15Ezekiel 25:5
3Howl, 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 48:2Isaiah 32:11Jeremiah 48:37Jeremiah 48:7 4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying , Who shall come unto me?[ † ]Jeremiah 9:23Jeremiah 3:14Jeremiah 48:7Jeremiah 21:13 5Behold, 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.
6And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord .[ † ]Jeremiah 48:47
7Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?[ † ]Genesis 25:30Genesis 32:3Isaiah 34:5-6Jeremiah 25:21Ezekiel 25:12-14Ezekiel 35:1-15Joel 3:19Amos 1:11-12Obadiah 1-9, 15, 16Genesis 36:11Job 2:11Isaiah 19:11Jeremiah 8:9 8Flee 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.[ † ]Isaiah 21:13Jeremiah 25:23 9If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.[ † ]Obadiah 5, 6 10But 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.[ † ]Obadiah 5, 6Malachi 1:3Isaiah 17:14 11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
12For 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 .[ † ]Jeremiah 25:29Obadiah 16 13For 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.[ † ]Genesis 22:16Isaiah 45:23Jeremiah 44:26Amos 6:8Genesis 36:331 Chronicles 1:44Isaiah 34:6Isaiah 63:1Amos 1:12
14I 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.[ † ]Obadiah 1-4 15For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. 16Thy 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 .[ † ]Jeremiah 48:29Obadiah 3, 4Job 39:27Isaiah 14:13-15Amos 9:2 17Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.[ † ]Jeremiah 18:16Jeremiah 49:13Jeremiah 50:13Ezekiel 35:7 18As 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.[ † ]Genesis 19:24-25Deuteronomy 29:23Jeremiah 50:40Amos 4:11Zephaniah 2:9 19Behold, 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?[ † ]Jeremiah 50:44Joshua 3:15Jeremiah 12:5Exodus 15:11Isaiah 46:9Job 41:10
20Therefore 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.[ † ]Isaiah 14:24-27Jeremiah 50:45 21The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.[ † ]Jeremiah 50:46Ezekiel 26:15-18 22Behold, 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 48:40-41
23Concerning 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.[ † ]Isaiah 17:1-3Amos 1:3-5Zechariah 9:1-2Jeremiah 39:5Zechariah 9:2Isaiah 57:20 24Damascus 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.[ † ]Isaiah 13:8Jeremiah 4:31Jeremiah 6:24Jeremiah 48:21 25How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy![ † ]Jeremiah 33:9 26Therefore 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 50:30Amos 4:10
27And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.[ † ]Amos 1:4
28Concerning 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.[ † ]Genesis 25:13Psalms 120:5Isaiah 21:16-17Jeremiah 2:10Ezekiel 27:21Judges 6:3Job 1:3 29Their 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.[ † ]Psalms 120:5Jeremiah 46:5 30Flee, 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.
31Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the Lord , which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.[ † ]Ezekiel 38:11Numbers 23:9Deuteronomy 33:28Micah 7:16 32And 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 .[ † ]Ezekiel 5:10
33And 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 9:11Jeremiah 10:22Zephaniah 2:9-12-15Malachi 1:3
34The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,[ † ]Genesis 10:22Jeremiah 25:25Ezekiel 32:24Daniel 8:22 Kings 24:17-18Jeremiah 28:1 35Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.[ † ]Psalms 46:9Isaiah 22:6 36And 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. 37For 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:[ † ]Jeremiah 9:16 38and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord .[ † ]Jeremiah 43:10 39But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord .[ † ]Jeremiah 48:47