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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 49 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/49.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/49-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Jeremiah 49</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/48.htm" title="Jeremiah 48">◄</a> Jeremiah 49 <a href="../jeremiah/50.htm" title="Jeremiah 50">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/jeremiah/49.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap">A Message about Ammon<a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-1.htm">1</a>This message was given concerning the Ammonites. This is what the LORD says:“Are there no descendants of Israelto inherit the land of Gad?Why are you, who worship Molech,<a href="#footnotes">a</a>living in its towns? <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-2.htm">2</a>In the days to come,” says the LORD,“I will sound the battle cry against your city of Rabbah.It will become a desolate heap of ruins,and the neighboring towns will be burned.Then Israel will take back the landyou took from her,” says the LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-3.htm">3</a>“Cry out, O Heshbon,for the town of Ai is destroyed.Weep, O people of Rabbah!Put on your clothes of mourning.Weep and wail, hiding in the hedges,for your god Molech, with his priests and officials,will be hauled off to distant lands. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-4.htm">4</a>You are proud of your fertile valleys,but they will soon be ruined.You trusted in your wealth,you rebellious daughter,and thought no one could ever harm you. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-5.htm">5</a>But look! I will bring terror upon you,”says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“Your neighbors will chase you from your land,and no one will help your exiles as they flee. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-6.htm">6</a>But I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonitesin days to come.I, the LORD, have spoken.”Messages about Edom <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-7.htm">7</a>This message was given concerning Edom. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“Is there no wisdom in Teman?Is no one left to give wise counsel? <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-8.htm">8</a>Turn and flee!Hide in deep caves, you people of Dedan!For when I bring disaster on Edom,<a href="#footnotes">b</a>I will punish you, too! <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-9.htm">9</a>Those who harvest grapesalways leave a few for the poor.If thieves came at night,they would not take everything. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-10.htm">10</a>But I will strip bare the land of Edom,and there will be no place left to hide.Its children, its brothers, and its neighborswill all be destroyed,and Edom itself will be no more. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-11.htm">11</a>But I will protect the orphans who remain among you.Your widows, too, can depend on me for help.” <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-12.htm">12</a>And this is what the LORD says: “If the innocent must suffer, how much more must you! You will not go unpunished! You must drink this cup of judgment! <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-13.htm">13</a>For I have sworn by my own name,” says the LORD, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror and a heap of ruins; it will be mocked and cursed. All its towns and villages will be desolate forever.” <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-14.htm">14</a>I have heard a message from the LORDthat an ambassador was sent to the nations to say,“Form a coalition against Edom,and prepare for battle!” <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-15.htm">15</a>The LORD says to Edom,“I will cut you down to size among the nations.You will be despised by all. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-16.htm">16</a>You have been deceivedby the fear you inspire in othersand by your own pride.You live in a rock fortressand control the mountain heights.But even if you make your nest among the peaks with the eagles,I will bring you crashing down,”says the LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-17.htm">17</a>“Edom will be an object of horror.All who pass by will be appalledand will gasp at the destruction they see there. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-18.htm">18</a>It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrahand their neighboring towns,” says the LORD.“No one will live there;no one will inhabit it. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-19.htm">19</a>I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,leaping on the sheep in the pasture.I will chase Edom from its land,and I will appoint the leader of my choice.For who is like me, and who can challenge me?What ruler can oppose my will?” <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-20.htm">20</a>Listen to the LORD’s plans against Edomand the people of Teman.Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep,and their homes will be destroyed. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-21.htm">21</a>The earth will shake with the noise of Edom’s fall,and its cry of despair will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.<a href="#footnotes">c</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-22.htm">22</a>Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle,spreading his wings over Bozrah.Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguishlike a woman in labor.A Message about Damascus <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-23.htm">23</a>This message was given concerning Damascus. This is what the LORD says:“The towns of Hamath and Arpad are struck with fear,for they have heard the news of their destruction.Their hearts are troubledlike a wild sea in a raging storm. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-24.htm">24</a>Damascus has become feeble,and all her people turn to flee.Fear, anguish, and pain have gripped heras they grip a woman in labor. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-25.htm">25</a>That famous city, a city of joy,will be forsaken! <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-26.htm">26</a>Her young men will fall in the streets and die.Her soldiers will all be killed,”says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-27.htm">27</a>“And I will set fire to the walls of Damascusthat will burn up the palaces of Ben-hadad.”A Message about Kedar and Hazor <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-28.htm">28</a>This message was given concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which were attacked by King Nebuchadnezzar<a href="#footnotes">d</a> of Babylon. This is what the LORD says:“Advance against Kedar!Destroy the warriors from the East! <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-29.htm">29</a>Their flocks and tents will be captured,and their household goods and camels will be taken away.Everywhere shouts of panic will be heard:‘We are terrorized at every turn!’ <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-30.htm">30</a>Run for your lives,” says the LORD.“Hide yourselves in deep caves, you people of Hazor,for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has plotted against youand is preparing to destroy you. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-31.htm">31</a>“Go up and attack that complacent nation,”says the LORD.“Its people live alone in the desertwithout walls or gates. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-32.htm">32</a>Their camels and other livestock will all be yours.I will scatter to the winds these peoplewho live in remote places.<a href="#footnotes">e</a>I will bring calamity upon themfrom every direction,” says the LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-33.htm">33</a>“Hazor will be inhabited by jackals,and it will be desolate forever.No one will live there;no one will inhabit it.”A Message about Elam <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-34.htm">34</a>This message concerning Elam came to the prophet Jeremiah from the LORD at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-35.htm">35</a>This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“I will destroy the archers of Elam—the best of their forces. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-36.htm">36</a>I will bring enemies from all directions,and I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds.They will be exiled to countries around the world. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-37.htm">37</a>I myself will go with Elam’s enemies to shatter it.In my fierce anger, I will bring great disasterupon the people of Elam,” says the LORD.“Their enemies will chase them with the sworduntil I have destroyed them completely. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-38.htm">38</a>I will set my throne in Elam,” says the LORD,“and I will destroy its king and officials. <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/49-39.htm">39</a>But I will restore the fortunes of Elamin days to come.I, the LORD, have spoken!”<A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF">Footnotes: a<note caller="+" style="f">49:1 Hebrew Malcam, a variant spelling of Molech; also in 49:3. b<note caller="+" style="f">49:8 Hebrew Esau; also in 49:10. c<note caller="+" style="f">49:21 Hebrew sea of reeds. d<note caller="+" style="f">49:28 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar; also in 49:30. e<note caller="+" style="f">49:32 Or who clip the corners of their hair. </div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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