Jer 30
1
CONCERNING THE SONS OF AMMON thus says the Lord, Are there no sons in Israel? or have
they no one to succeed them? wherefore has Melchol inherited Galaad, and why shall
their people dwell in their cities?
2
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will cause to be heard Or, at, as far as, or against in Rabbath a
tumult of wars; and they shall become a waste and ruined place, and
her altars shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel succeed to his dominion.
3
Howl, O Esebon, for Gai has perished; cry, you daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves
with sack-clothes, and lament; for Melchol shall go into banishment, his priests and
his princes together.
4
Why do you exult in the plains of the Enakim, you haughty daughter, that trust in
your treasures, that say, Who shall come in to me?
5
Behold, I will bring terror upon you, says the Lord, from all the country round about
you; and you shall be scattered every one right before him, and there is none to gather
you.
23
CONCERNING DAMASCUS. Emath is brought to shame, and Arphath: for they have heard an
evil report: they are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest.
24
Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has seized upon her.
25
How has she not left my city, they have loved the village?
26
Therefore shall the young men fall in your streets, and all your warriors shall fall,
says the Lord.
27
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the streets
of the son of Ader.
28
CONCERNING KEDAR Heb. the kingdoms of Hazor THE QUEEN OF THE PALACE, WHOM NABUCHODONOSOR KING OF BABYLON SMOTE, thus says
the
Lord; Arise you, and go up to Kedar, and fill the sons of Kedem.
29
They shall take their tents and their sheep, they shall take for themselves their
garments, and all their Gr. vessels baggage and their camels; and summon you destruction against them from every side.
30
Flee you, dig very deep for a dwelling-place, you that dwell in the palace; for the
king of Babylon has framed a counsel, and devised a device against you.
31
Rise up, and go up against a nation settled and dwelling at ease, who have no doors,
nor Lit. acorns; q. d. nuts, as of screws bolts, nor bars, who dwell alone.
32
And their camels shall be a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle shall be destroyed:
and I will scatter them as chaff with every wind, having their hair cut about their
foreheads, I will bring on their overthrow from all sides, says the Lord.
33
And the palace shall be a resting-place for ostriches, and desolate for ever: no man
shall abide there, and no son of man shall dwell there.