Judgment on the Ammonites

1Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says YHWH:

“Are there not sons for Israel?

Or is there not one inheriting for him?

Why then does Milcom† take the inheritance of Gad,

and his people dwell in his cities?

2Therefore, behold, the days are coming,”

a declaration of YHWH,

“When I will make heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon

a shout of war,

and it will become as a mound of desolation,

and her villages will be burned with fire;

and Israel will take possession of his inheritance,”

a declaration of YHWH.

3“Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been laid waste!

Cry, O daughters of Rabbah,

and gird yourselves with sackcloth;

lament and roam about by the walls;

for Milcom will go into captivity,

his priests and his princes together.

4Why do you boast in the valleys,

the flowing of your valley,†

O backsliding daughter,

the one trusting in her treasures:

‘Who will come against me?’

5Behold, I am bringing upon you terror,”

a declaration of the Lord YHWH of Hosts.

“Before the face of those around you,

and you⁺ will be driven out, each man before his face,

and none shall gather up those wandering.

6And after this, I will turn back back the captivity of the sons of Ammon,Ӡ

a declaration of YHWH.

Judgment on Edom
(Obadiah 1:1–14)

7Concerning Edom, thus says YHWH of Hosts:

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?

Has counsel perished from the prudent?

Has their wisdom vanished?

8Flee, turn back,

and go deep to dwell, O dwellers of Dedan!

For the calamity of Esau I will bring upon him,

the time I will visit punishment on him.

9If grape-gatherers came to you,

would they not leave gleanings?

If thieves in the night,

would they not destroy their sufficiency?

10But I will strip Esau bare;

I will uncover his secret places,

and he will not be able to hide himself.

His seed is destroyed,

and His brothers, and his neighbors,

and he is no more.

11Leave behind your fatherless—I myself will keep them alive;

and let your widows trust in Me.”

12For thus says YHWH: “Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup must surely drink it; and you will you be cleared entirely? You will not be cleared, but you must surely drink it! 13For by Myself I have sworn,” a declaration of YHWH, “That Bozrah will become as a desolation, as a reproach, as a ruin, and as a curse, and all her cities will be as ruins forever!”

14I have heard a message from YHWH,

and an envoy has been sent among the nations:

“Assemble yourselves, and come against her,

and rise up for the battle!”

15“For, behold, I will make you small among the nations

and despised among mankind.

16Your terror

has deceived you,

the arrogance of your heart,

O dwellers in the clefts of the rock,†

holding the height of the hill.

Though you make high like the eagle your nest,

from there I will bring you down!”

A declaration of YHWH.

17“And Edom will become as a horror:

All passing by it will be appalled,

and will hiss at all her wounds.

18Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah

and their neighbors,”

a declaration of YHWH,

“Not man will dwell there,

nor will reside in it a son of man.

19Behold, like a lion he will come up

from the height of the Jordan against the enduring habitation,

but I will act in an instant and make him run away from her.

Who is the chosen one over her that I may assign,

for who is like Me? And who would appoint Me?

And who is this shepherd who can stand before My face?”

20Therefore hear the counsel

of YHWH that He has counseled regarding Edom,

and His plans that He has planned

regarding those dwelling in Teman:

Surely they will not drag them out, even the little ones of the flock;

surely will not their own pastures be appalled over them?†

21At the sound of their fall, the earth shakes;

the cry at the Sea of Reeds, its voice is heard!†

22Behold, like the eagle he will come up and fly,

and he will spread his wings over Bozrah;

and the heart of the mighty ones of Edom will be on that day

like the heart of a woman in labor.

Judgment on Damascus
(Isaiah 17:1–14)

23Concerning Damascus.

“Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,

for they have heard bad news;

they melt into the sea

with anxiety not able to be calmed.

24Damascus has grown feeble;

she turns to flee,

and fear has seized her;

distress and sorrows have taken hold of her

like a woman in labor.

25How is it not abandoned—

the city of praise, the city of My joy?

26Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,

and all the men of war will be cut off on that day!”

A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.

27“And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,

and it will consume the citadels of Ben-Hadad.”

Judgment on Kedar and Hazor

28Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck, thus says YHWH:

“Arise and go up to Kedar,

and destroy the men of the east!

29Their tents and their flocks they will take away;

their curtains, and all their vessels

and their camels they will carry off for themselves;

they will cry out over them, ‘Terror is on every side!’

30Flee, wander far away,

go deep to dwell, O dwellers of Hazor,”

a declaration of YHWH.

“For he has taken counsel against you⁺—

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,

and he has planned counsel against you⁺, a purpose.

31Arise, go up against a nation at ease,

Dwelling in safety,”

a declaration of YHWH.

“No gates and no bars are unto it;

alone they dwell.

32Their camels will be for spoil,

and the multitude of their cattle for plunder,

and I will scatter to every wind

those cutting the corner;

from all its sides I will bring

their calamity!”

A declaration of YHWH.

33“Hazor will become as an abode for jackals,†

a desolation even to forever;

no man will dwell there,

and no a son of man will sojourn in it.”

Judgment on Elam

34That which came to be the word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet regarding Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying: 35Thus says YHWH of Hosts:

“Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam,

the foremost of their might.

36And I will bring against Elam the four winds

from the four corners of the heavens,

and I will scatter them

to all these winds,

and there will be no nations

to which those driven out of Elam will not go there.

37And I will shatter Elam before the face of their enemies,

and before those seeking their soul;

I will bring upon them disaster,

the burning of My anger,”

a declaration of YHWH.

“And I will send after them the sword

until I have finished them.

38And I will set My throne in Elam,

and I will destroy from there the king and the princes,”

a declaration of YHWH.

39“And it will come to pass in the latter days

that I will turn back the captivity of Elam,Ӡ

a declaration of YHWH.