dwell round about thee, that every man may be cast out of his way before him, and there shall be none to gather the fugitives.

But afterward I will turn again the prison of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.

Against Edom. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is there no more wisdom in Theman? Is there no more counsel in the wise? Is their wisdom so loose?

Flee, turn ye, and hide yourselves deep, ye citizens of Dedan: for I will bring an evil upon Esau, the time of his visitation.

Vine-gatherers shall come upon thee, which shall not let thee glean: and thieves by night shall come upon thee, which shall spoil them enough.

For I have made Esau bare, and have opened his secret places, that he cannot hide himself: his seed, and his brethren, and his neighbours, are cut off; there is none left of them.

But whatsoever remaineth of thy fatherless, to them will I give life; and thy widows shall hope in me.

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they that were not guilty of drinking the cup must drink, and thou shalt go unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt drink also.

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bazrah shall be a wonder, and a reproach, and a desolation, and a curse, and all her cities a desolation for ever.

I have heard of the LORD, that a message is sent unto the Gentiles, saying, Gather yourselves together, and come against them; arise to the battle.

For, behold, I have made thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

Thine indignation and the pride of thine heart have deceived thee, because thou dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and hast high mountains in thine heart. Though thou make thy nest as
high as the eagle, yet will I bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

And Edom shall be desolate: and all they that pass by shall marvel and whistle at all their plagues,

As Sodom and Gomorrha are turned back, and their neighbours with them, saith the LORD, Let no man dwell there, neither let any man dwell therein.

For, behold, he cometh up as a lion from the proud Jordan against the strong hold: for there will I make him to run in haste. And who knoweth who the young man is, whom I will prepare against them? For who is like unto me? Who will master me, and who is the shepherd that can withstand me?

Hear therefore the counsel of the LORD which he hath concerning Edom, and his thoughts which he hath concerning the inhabitants of Theman. What matter if the shepherds drag them, and destroy their habitation?

That the earth shall tremble when it falls one upon another; and their cry shall be heard in the Red sea.

Behold, he shall soar like an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Bazrah. In that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in childbearing.

Against Damascus. Hemath and Arpad stand miserable; they are despondent, for they hear an evil cry; they that dwell by the sea are so terrified that they cannot have rest.

Damascus is despondent, and giveth flight; she fidgeteth, and is in anguish and pain, as a woman in childbearing.

How, is it not now deserted, the famous and joyful city?

Therefore their young men shall lie down in their streets, and all their men of war shall perish in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.

And I will set on fire the walls of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

Against Kedar, and against the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith the LORD; Go up to Kedar, and destroy the children to morrow.

They shall take away their tents, and their flocks; their tents, and all their vessels, and their camels, shall they carry away: and they shall cry terribly upon them round about.

Flee, get thee quickly out of this place. Hide yourselves deep, ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD: for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath a purpose against you, and meaneth you.

Come ye up against a people that have plenty, and dwell safely, saith the LORD: they have neither door nor latch, and dwell alone.

And their camels shall be spoiled, and the multitude of their cattle shall be taken; and I will scatter them to the winds that dwell in the corners; and from every place will I cause their calamity to come upon them, saith the LORD,

And Hazor shall be a dragon’s habitation, and an everlasting desolation, and none shall dwell there, neither shall any man dwell therein.

This is the word of the LORD, which came unto Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the kingdom of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, their chief power.

And I will cause the four winds to come upon them out of the four places of heaven, and will scatter them in all the same winds: and there shall not be a nation whither there shall not come exiles out of Elam.

And I will make Elam despondent before their enemies, and before them that seek their life, and will bring evil upon them with my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.

And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy both the king and the princes there, saith the LORD.

But in time to come I will turn again the prison of Elam, saith the LORD.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 50
Destruction of Babylon. Redemption of the Jewish people.

This is the word which the LORD spake by Jeremiah the prophet against Babylon, and against the land of the Chaldeans:

Proclaim among the heathen, and let it be heard; lift up a banner. Let it be heard, and hide it not, saying, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken, her idols are confounded, and her gods are broken.

For a people shall come up against them from the north, and shall make their land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: and they shall flee away, both men and cattle.

In those days and at that time, saith the LORD, shall the children of Israel come with the children of Judah, weeping, and seeking the LORD their God.

They shall seek the way to Zion, and there shall they turn: Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD with an everlasting covenant, which shall never be forgotten.

For my people are as a lost flock: their shepherds have deceived them, and caused them to go astray upon the mountains, and they have gone from mountains to hills, and have forgotten their obstacles.

All that they met with they devoured: and their enemies said: We do not wrong, because they have sinned against the LORD in the tabernacle of righteousness, and against the LORD, which is the hope of their fathers.

Flee from Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and stand as goats before the flock.

For, behold, I will raise up great nations with multitudes out of the land toward the north, and will bring them up against Babylon, and they shall arm themselves against them, and they shall prevail against them: his arrows are as the arrows of a good warrior that faileth not.

And the land of the Chaldeans shall be a spoil; and all they that spoil it shall have enough of it, saith the LORD,

Therefore rejoice ye, and boast that ye have plundered my inheritance, and leech like the horny calves, and neigh like the strong horses.

Your mother standeth with great shame, and she that bare you is a mockery: behold, she is the least among the heathen, desolate, barren, and waste.

For before the wrath of the LORD it shall be uninhabited, and utterly desolate: and all that pass over before Babylon shall marvel and whistle at all the plague thereof.

Set yourselves about against Babylon, all ye archers; shoot into her, spare not the arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

Rejoice over her round about; she shall give herself up: her foundations are fallen, her walls are broken down: for this is the LORD’S vengeance. Take vengeance upon her; do unto her as she hath done.

Cut off from Babylon both the sower and the reaper of the harvest, that they may turn every man to his own people before the sword of the tyrant, and that they may flee every man to his own land.

Israel hath been a scattered flock, which the lions have driven away. First the king of Assyria devoured them, and afterward Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon overcame them.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will visit the king of Babylon, and his land, as I visited the king of Assyria.

And I will bring Israel again unto his habitation, and they shall feed in Carmel and Bashan, and their soul shall be satisfied in mount Ephraim and Gilead.

In that day and time shall the iniquity of Israel be sought, saith the LORD, but there shall be none: and the sin of Judah, but there shall be none found: for I will forgive them of them that remain.

Send up against the land that hath made all things bitter; send up against the inhabitants of the visitation; devastate and banish their seed, saith the LORD, and do all that I have commanded thee.

There is a cry of war in the land, and great lamentation.

How is it that the hammer of the whole world is broken and shattered? How is it that Babylon is