# Jeremiah 49

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says:
“Has Israel no sons?
Is he without heir?
Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad?
Why have his people settled in their cities? [2] Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the LORD,
when I will sound the battle cry
against Rabbah of the Ammonites.
It will become a heap of ruins,
and its villages will be burned.
Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors,
says the LORD. [3] Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed;
cry out, O daughters of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth and mourn;
run back and forth within your walls,
for Milcom will go into exile
together with his priests and officials. [4] Why do you boast of your valleys—
your valleys so fruitful,
O faithless daughter?
You trust in your riches and say,
‘Who can come against me?’ [5] Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you,
declares the Lord GOD of Hosts,
from all those around you.
You will each be driven headlong,
with no one to regather the fugitives. [6] Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,”
declares the LORD. [7] Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says:
“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed? [8] Turn and run!
Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan,
for I will bring disaster on Esau
at the time I punish him. [9] If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave some gleanings?
Were thieves to come in the night,
would they not steal only what they wanted? [10] But I will strip Esau bare;
I will uncover his hiding places,
and he will be unable to conceal himself.
His descendants will be destroyed
along with his relatives and neighbors,
and he will be no more. [11] Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives.
Let your widows trust in Me.” [12] For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too. [13] For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.” [14] I have heard a message from the LORD;
an envoy has been sent to the nations:
“Assemble yourselves to march against her!
Rise up for battle!” [15] “For behold, I will make you small among nations,
despised among men. [16] The terror you cause
and the pride of your heart
have deceived you,
O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks,
O occupiers of the mountain summit.
Though you elevate your nest like the eagle,
even from there I will bring you down,”
declares the LORD. [17] “Edom will become an object of horror.
All who pass by will be appalled
and will scoff at all her wounds. [18] As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown
along with their neighbors,”
says the LORD,
“no one will dwell there;
no man will abide there. [19] Behold, one will come up like a lion
from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture.
For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me?
What shepherd can stand against Me?” [20] Therefore hear the plans
that the LORD has drawn up against Edom
and the strategies He has devised
against the people of Teman:
Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away;
certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them. [21] At the sound of their fall the earth will quake;
their cry will resound to the Red Sea. [22] Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down,
spreading its wings over Bozrah.
In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men
will be like the heart of a woman in labor. [23] Concerning Damascus:
“Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,
for they have heard a bad report;
they are agitated like the sea;
their anxiety cannot be calmed. [24] Damascus has become feeble;
she has turned to flee.
Panic has gripped her;
anguish and pain have seized her
like a woman in labor. [25] How is the city of praise not forsaken,
the town that brings Me joy? [26] For her young men will fall in the streets,
and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,”
declares the LORD of Hosts. [27] “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;
it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.” [28] Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says:
“Rise up, advance against Kedar,
and destroy the people of the east! [29] They will take their tents and flocks,
their tent curtains and all their goods.
They will take their camels for themselves.
They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’ [30] Run! Escape quickly!
Lie low, O residents of Hazor,”
declares the LORD,
“for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has drawn up a plan against you;
he has devised a strategy against you. [31] Rise up, advance against a nation at ease,
one that dwells securely,”
declares the LORD.
“They have no gates or bars;
they live alone. [32] Their camels will become plunder,
and their large herds will be spoil.
I will scatter to the wind in every direction
those who shave their temples;
I will bring calamity on them
from all sides,”
declares the LORD. [33] “Hazor will become a haunt for jackals,
a desolation forever.
No one will dwell there;
no man will abide there.” [34] This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. [35] This is what the LORD of Hosts says:
“Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow,
the mainstay of their might. [36] I will bring the four winds against Elam
from the four corners of the heavens,
and I will scatter them
to all these winds.
There will not be a nation
to which Elam’s exiles will not go. [37] So I will shatter Elam before their foes,
before those who seek their lives.
I will bring disaster upon them,
even My fierce anger,”
declares the LORD.
“I will send out the sword after them
until I finish them off. [38] I will set My throne in Elam,
and destroy its king and officials,”
declares the LORD. [39] “Yet in the last days,
I will restore Elam from captivity,”
declares the LORD.

## Places in this chapter

- **Damascus** (Syria · today Damascus) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/damascus
- **Teman** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/teman
- **Elam** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/elam
- **Bozrah 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bozrah-1
- **Dedan** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/dedan
- **Sodom** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/sodom
- **Kedar** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/kedar
- **East** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/east
- **Ammon** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ammon
- **Hamath 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/hamath-1
- **Babylon 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/babylon-1
- **Heshbon** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/heshbon
- **Jordan** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jordan
- **Ai 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ai-2
- **Rabbah 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/rabbah-1
- **Hazor 5** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/hazor-5
- **Arpad** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/arpad
- **Gomorrah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gomorrah
- **Red Sea 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/red-sea-2
- **Edom** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/edom

## Each verse

- Jeremiah 49:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/1
- Jeremiah 49:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/2
- Jeremiah 49:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/3
- Jeremiah 49:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/4
- Jeremiah 49:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/5
- Jeremiah 49:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/6
- Jeremiah 49:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/7
- Jeremiah 49:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/8
- Jeremiah 49:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/9
- Jeremiah 49:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/10
- Jeremiah 49:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/11
- Jeremiah 49:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/12
- Jeremiah 49:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/13
- Jeremiah 49:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/14
- Jeremiah 49:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/15
- Jeremiah 49:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/16
- Jeremiah 49:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/17
- Jeremiah 49:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/18
- Jeremiah 49:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/19
- Jeremiah 49:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/20
- Jeremiah 49:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/21
- Jeremiah 49:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/22
- Jeremiah 49:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/23
- Jeremiah 49:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/24
- Jeremiah 49:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/25
- Jeremiah 49:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/26
- Jeremiah 49:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/27
- Jeremiah 49:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/28
- Jeremiah 49:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/29
- Jeremiah 49:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/30
- Jeremiah 49:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/31
- Jeremiah 49:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/32
- Jeremiah 49:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/33
- Jeremiah 49:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/34
- Jeremiah 49:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/35
- Jeremiah 49:36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/36
- Jeremiah 49:37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/37
- Jeremiah 49:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/38
- Jeremiah 49:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/39