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With one mind they plot together;they form an alliance against you—6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,of Moab and the Hagrites,7 Byblos, Ammon and Amalek,Philistia, with tWhe people of Tyre.8 Even Assyria has joined themto reinforce Lot’s descendants.[b]
Jeremiah 49 • Concerning the Ammonites: (area of Jordan) • This is what the Lord says: • “Has Israel no sons?Has Israel no heir?Why then has Molek[a] taken possession of Gad?Why do his people live in its towns?
2 But the days are coming,”declares the Lord,“when I will sound the battle cryagainst Rabbah of the Ammonites;it will become a mound of ruins,and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.Then Israel will drive outthose who drove her out,”says the Lord.
4 Why do you boast of your valleys,boast of your valleys so fruitful?Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,you trust in your riches and say,‘Who will attack me?’5 I will bring terror on youfrom all those around you,”declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.“Every one of you will be driven away,and no one will gather the fugitives
Edom (means red, descendants of Essau) • 17 “Edom will become an object of horror;all who pass by will be appalled and will scoffbecause of all its wounds.18 As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown,along with their neighboring towns,”says the Lord,“so no one will live there;no people will dwell in it.
20 Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Edom,what he has purposed against those who live in Teman:The young of the flock will be dragged away;their pasture will be appalled at their fate.21 At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;their cry will resound to the Red Sea.[c
22 Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down,spreading its wings over Bozrah.In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriorswill be like the heart of a woman in labor.
A Message About Damascus • 23 Concerning Damascus: • “Hamath and Arpad are dismayed,for they have heard bad news.They are disheartened,troubled like (or on) the restless (troubled) sea.
24 Damascus has become feeble,she has turned to fleeand panic has gripped her;anguish and pain have seized her,pain like that of a woman in labor. • 25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,the town in which I delight? • (reference to Jerusalem after Israel was back in the land in 1948)
26 Surely, her young men will fall in the streets;all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”declares the Lord Almighty.27 “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;it will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad
Isaiah 17 • A prophecy against Damascus: • “See, Damascus will no longer be a citybut will become a heap of ruins.2 The cities of Aroer will be desertedand left to flocks, which will lie down,with no one to make them afraid.
9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation. • 12 Woe to the many nations that rage—they rage like the raging sea!Woe to the peoples who roar—they roar like the roaring of great waters!
13 Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters,when he rebukes them they flee far away,driven before the wind like chaff on the hills,like tumbleweed before a gale.14 In the evening, sudden terror!Before the morning, they are gone!This is the portion of those who loot us,the lot of those who plunder us.
A Message About Elam (western Iran) • 34 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah:
35 This is what the Lord Almighty says: • “See, I will break the bow of Elam,the mainstay of their might.36 I will bring against Elam the four windsfrom the four quarters of heaven;I will scatter them to the four winds,and there will not be a nationwhere Elam’s exiles do not go.
37 I will shatter Elam before their foes,before those who want to kill them;I will bring disaster on them,even my fierce anger,”declares the Lord.“I will pursue them with the sworduntil I have made an end of them.38 I will set my throne in Elamand destroy her king and officials,”declares the Lord.
Ezekiel 29 • A Prophecy Against Egypt • Judgment on Pharaoh In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. 3 Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,you great monster lying among your streams.You say, “The Nile belongs to me;I made it for myself.”4 But I will put hooks in your jawsand make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.I will pull you out from among your streams,with all the fish sticking to your scales.5 I will leave you in the desert,you and all the fish of your streams.You will fall on the open fieldand not be gathered or picked up.I will give you as foodto the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.
6 Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. • “‘You have been a staff of reed for the people of Israel. 7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.[a]
8 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast. 9 Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord. • “‘Because you said, “The Nile is mine; I made it,”
10 therefore I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste from Migdol to Aswan, as far as the border of Cush.[b]11 The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years. 12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.
