审判亚扪的预言
1论到亚扪人，耶和华说：
“难道以色列没有子孙，
没有继承人吗？
为什么祭拜米勒公的人占据了迦得，住在城邑中？”
2耶和华说：
“看啊，时候将到，
我要使亚扪人的拉巴城外响起战争的呐喊。
拉巴必沦为废墟，
它周围的乡村都要被焚烧，
以色列人必收复失地。
这是耶和华说的。
3“希实本啊，哀哭吧！
因为艾城毁灭了。
拉巴的居民啊，痛哭吧！
披上麻衣悲伤地在城墙内跑来跑去吧！
因为米勒公及其祭司和官长都要被掳走。
4背叛的人民啊，
你们为肥沃的山谷而感到自豪吗？
你们依仗财富以为无人敢来侵犯。”
5上帝——万军之耶和华说：
“看啊，我要使你们四面受敌，
惊恐万状，四散奔逃，
溃不成军。
6然而，日后我要使被掳的亚扪人重建家园。
这是耶和华说的。”
审判以东的预言
7论到以东，万军之耶和华说：
“提幔再没有智者了吗？
谋士已无计可施了吗？
他们都失去智慧了吗？
8底但的居民啊，
你们要转身逃命，
藏在深洞里，
因为我必降灾祸惩罚以东。
9人们来以东摘葡萄，不会摘尽；
盗贼夜间来偷东西，不会偷光。
10但我要夺走以东人所有的一切，
我要使他们无处藏身。
他们及其孩子、弟兄和邻居必一同灭亡。
11撇下你们的孤儿吧！
我必使他们存活；
你们的寡妇也可以倚靠我。”
12耶和华说：“看啊，那些本不该喝这杯愤怒的人尚且要喝，更何况你们呢？你们必难逃惩罚，你们一定要喝这杯愤怒。 13因为我已凭自己起誓，波斯拉必沦为废墟，令人惊惧，被人嘲笑和咒诅。它周围的村镇要永远荒凉。这是耶和华说的。”
14我从耶和华那里听到消息，
有位使者被派去联合列国来攻打以东。
15耶和华说：
“以东啊，我要使你在列国中成为被藐视的弱国。
16你这栖身在石缝间、盘踞在高山上的民族啊，
你令人惊惧、心高气傲，
其实只是自欺。
尽管你像老鹰在高处搭窝，
我也必把你拉下来。
这是耶和华说的。
17“以东的下场将很可怕，它的满目疮痍令路人惊惧、嗤笑。 18那里要像所多玛、蛾摩拉及其周围的村镇一样被毁灭，荒无人烟。这是耶和华说的。 19看啊，我必在瞬间把以东人赶离家园，如约旦河边丛林中跳出的狮子赶散草场的羊群。我要派我拣选的人统治这地方。谁能与我相比？谁能与我较量？哪位首领能抵挡我？” 20因此，你们要听听耶和华攻击以东的策略，听听祂攻击提幔居民的计划。他们的孩子要被拖走，他们的家园要被毁灭。 21以东倾覆的声音震动大地，哭喊声直传到红海。 22看啊，敌人必像展翅飞来的鹰一样攻击波斯拉。到那日，以东的勇士必像临盆的妇女一样胆战心惊。
审判大马士革的预言
23论到大马士革，耶和华说：
“哈马和亚珥拔惊恐不安，
因为他们听见了坏消息。
他们心惊胆战，像大海一样无法平静。
24大马士革丧失勇气，转身逃命。
她像分娩的妇人一样惊恐不安，
充满痛苦和忧愁。
25我所喜悦的名城为何还没有被撇弃？
26城中的青年将倒毙街头，
那时所有的战士都要灭亡。
这是万军之耶和华说的。
27我要焚烧大马士革的城墙和便·哈达的宫殿。”
审判基达和夏琐的预言
28论到被巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒打败的基达及夏琐的各城邦，耶和华说：
“迦勒底人啊，去攻打基达，
消灭那些东方人吧！
29你们要抢走他们的帐篷、
幔子、器皿、羊群和骆驼。
他们必听见呼喊声，
‘真恐怖！四面都是敌人。’
30夏琐的居民啊，快逃命吧！
逃得远远的藏起来，
因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒已计划攻击你们，
准备消灭你们。
这是耶和华说的。
31迦勒底人啊，
上去攻打那安逸无忧、无门无闩、独居一方的国家吧！
这是耶和华说的。
32他们的骆驼必被掳去，
大群的牲畜必成为战利品。
我要把剃去鬓发的人驱散到四方，
使灾祸从四面八方临到他们。
这是耶和华说的。
33夏琐要永远荒凉，
杳无人迹，
成为豺狼出没的地方。”
审判以拦的预言
34犹大王西底迦执政初期，耶和华告诉了耶利米先知有关以拦的事。 35万军之耶和华说：“看啊，我要摧毁以拦的弓箭手——他们的精锐之师。 36我要使敌人从四面八方如风而来，把以拦人驱散到四方，使他们流落到列国。 37我要让仇敌击溃他们，我要发烈怒降祸给他们，用刀剑追杀他们，直到彻底消灭他们。这是耶和华说的。 38我要在以拦设立我的宝座，消灭那里的君王和官长。这是耶和华说的。 39但将来有一天，我要使被掳的以拦人重建家园。这是耶和华说的。”
A Message About Ammon
1Concerning the Ammonites:
This is what the Lord says:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has Israel no heir?
Why then has Molek49:1 Or their king; also in verse 3 taken possession of Gad?
Why do his people live in its towns?
2But the days are coming,”
declares the Lord,
“when I will sound the battle cry
against Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it will become a mound of ruins,
and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.
Then Israel will drive out
those who drove her out,”
says the Lord.
3“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed!
Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth and mourn;
rush here and there inside the walls,
for Molek will go into exile,
together with his priests and officials.
4Why do you boast of your valleys,
boast of your valleys so fruitful?
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,
you trust in your riches and say,
‘Who will attack me?’
5I will bring terror on you
from all those around you,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
“Every one of you will be driven away,
and no one will gather the fugitives.
6“Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites,”
declares the Lord.
A Message About Edom
7Concerning Edom:
This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
8Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,
you who live in Dedan,
for I will bring disaster on Esau
at the time when I punish him.
9If grape pickers came to you,
would they not leave a few grapes?
If thieves came during the night,
would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
10But I will strip Esau bare;
I will uncover his hiding places,
so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
also his allies and neighbors,
so there is no one to say,
11‘Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive.
Your widows too can depend on me.’ ”
12This is what the Lord says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, why should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must drink it. 13I swear by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse,49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed. an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”
14I have heard a message from the Lord;
an envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Assemble yourselves to attack it!
Rise up for battle!”
15“Now I will make you small among the nations,
despised by mankind.
16The terror you inspire
and the pride of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,
who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest as high as the eagle’s,
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
because of all its wounds.
18As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown,
along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
no people will dwell in it.
19“Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
And what shepherd can stand against me?”
20Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Edom,
what he has purposed against those who live in Teman:
The young of the flock will be dragged away;
their pasture will be appalled at their fate.
21At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;
their cry will resound to the Red Sea.49:21 Or the Sea of Reeds
22Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down,
spreading its wings over Bozrah.
In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
A Message About Damascus
23Concerning Damascus:
“Hamath and Arpad are dismayed,
for they have heard bad news.
They are disheartened,
troubled like49:23 Hebrew on or by the restless sea.
24Damascus has become feeble,
she has turned to flee
and panic has gripped her;
anguish and pain have seized her,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
25Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
the town in which I delight?
26Surely, her young men will fall in the streets;
all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
27“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;
it will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.”
A Message About Kedar and Hazor
28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked:
This is what the Lord says:
“Arise, and attack Kedar
and destroy the people of the East.
29Their tents and their flocks will be taken;
their shelters will be carried off
with all their goods and camels.
People will shout to them,
‘Terror on every side!’
30“Flee quickly away!
Stay in deep caves, you who live in Hazor,”
declares the Lord.
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has plotted against you;
he has devised a plan against you.
31“Arise and attack a nation at ease,
which lives in confidence,”
declares the Lord,
“a nation that has neither gates nor bars;
its people live far from danger.
32Their camels will become plunder,
and their large herds will be spoils of war.
I will scatter to the winds those who are in distant places49:32 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
and will bring disaster on them from every side,”
declares the Lord.
33“Hazor will become a haunt of jackals,
a desolate place forever.
No one will live there;
no people will dwell in it.”
A Message About Elam
34This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah:
35This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“See, I will break the bow of Elam,
the mainstay of their might.
36I will bring against Elam the four winds
from the four quarters of heaven;
I will scatter them to the four winds,
and there will not be a nation
where Elam’s exiles do not go.
37I will shatter Elam before their foes,
before those who want to kill them;
I will bring disaster on them,
even my fierce anger,”
declares the Lord.
“I will pursue them with the sword
until I have made an end of them.
38I will set my throne in Elam
and destroy her king and officials,”
declares the Lord.
39“Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
