CONCERNING the Ammoniym, thus says Yahuah; Has Yashar'el no sons? has he no heir? why then does their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahuah, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammoniym; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Yashar'el be heir unto them that were his heirs, says Yahuah.
Howl, O Cheshbon, 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.
Wherefore glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
Behold, I will bring a fear upon you, says Adonai Yahuah Tseva'oth, from all those that be about you; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wanders.
And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, says Yahuah.
Concerning Edom, thus says Yahuah Tseva'oth; Is wisdom no more in Teyman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
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.
If grapegatherers come to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
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 neighbors, and he is not.
Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
For thus says Yahuah; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and are you he that shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.
For I have sworn by myself, says Yahuah, that Botsrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
I have heard a rumor from Yahuah, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
For, lo, I will make you small among the heathen, and despised among men.
Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, that hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from thence, says Yahuah.
Also Edom shall be a desolation: everyone that goes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
As in the overthrow of Cedom and Amorah and the neighbor cities thereof, says Yahuah, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of A'dam dwell in it.
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Yardan 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?
Therefore hear the counsel of Yahuah, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teyman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red Sea.
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Botsrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Concerning Damascus. Chamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard an evil report: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turns herself to flee, and fear has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, says Yahuah Tseva'oth.
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben Hadad.
Concerning Qedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Chatsor, which Nevukadne'tstsar king of Babel shall smite, thus says Yahuah; Arise ye, go up to Qedar, and spoil the men of the east.
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.
Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Chatsor, says Yahuah; for Nevukadne'tstsar king of Babel has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwells without care, says Yahuah, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
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, says Yahuah.
And Chatsor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation forever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of A'dam dwell in it.
The Word of Yahuah that came to El-Yirmeyahu the prophet against Eylam in the beginning of the reign of Tsidqiyahu king of Yahudah, saying,
Thus says Yahuah Tseva'oth; Behold, I will break the bow of Eylam, the chief of their might.
And upon Eylam 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 Eylam shall not come.
For I will cause Eylam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, says Yahuah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
And I will set my throne in Eylam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, says Yahuah.
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Eylam, says Yahuah.