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.
Ujumbe Kuhusu Amoni
149:1 Amo 1:13; Mwa 19:38; 1Sam 11:1-11; 2Sam 10:1-9; Law 18:21; Mwa 30:11Kuhusu Waamoni:
Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Je, Israeli hana wana?
Je, hana warithi?
Kwa nini basi Moleki amechukua milki ya Gadi?
Kwa nini watu wake wanaishi katika miji yake?
249:2 Yer 4:19; Kum 3:11; Isa 1:2; Eze 25:2-11; Kum 13:16; Yer 30:16; Eze 21:28-32Lakini siku zinakuja,”
asema Bwana,
“nitakapopiga kelele ya vita
dhidi ya Raba mji wa Waamoni;
utakuwa kilima cha magofu,
navyo vijiji vinavyouzunguka
vitateketezwa kwa moto.
Kisha Israeli atawafukuza
wale waliomfukuza,”
asema Bwana.
349:3 Mwa 12:8; Yos 8:28; 13:26; Mwa 37:34“Lia kwa huzuni, ee Heshboni, kwa kuwa Ai umeangamizwa!
Pigeni kelele, enyi wakazi wa Raba!
Vaeni nguo za gunia na kuomboleza,
kimbieni hapa na pale ndani ya kuta,
kwa kuwa Moleki atakwenda uhamishoni,
yeye pamoja na makuhani na maafisa wake.
449:4 Yer 21:13; 9:23; 1Tim 6:17; Yer 3:6Kwa nini unajivunia mabonde yako,
kujivunia mabonde yako yaliyozaa sana?
Ee binti usiye mwaminifu, unayeutumainia utajiri wako na kusema,
‘Ni nani atakayenishambulia?’
549:5 Yer 44:14Nitaleta hofu kuu juu yako
kutoka kwa wale wote wanaokuzunguka,”
asema Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
“Kila mmoja wenu ataondolewa,
wala hakuna hata mmoja atakayekusanya wakimbizi.
649:6 Yer 12:14-17; 48:47“Lakini hatimaye,
nitarudisha mateka wa Waamoni,”
asema Bwana.
Ujumbe Kuhusu Edomu
749:7 Ay 5:12-14; Za 83:6; Eze 25:12; Mwa 36:11-15, 34; 25:30Kuhusu Edomu:
Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote:
“Je, hakuna tena hekima katika Temani?
Je, shauri limewapotea wenye busara?
Je, hekima yao imechakaa?
849:8 Mwa 10:7; Yer 25:23; Isa 2:19; Amu 6:2; Mwa 25:3Geuka na ukimbie, jifiche katika mapango marefu kabisa,
wewe uishiye Dedani,
kwa kuwa nitaleta maafa juu ya Esau
wakati nitakapomwadhibu.
9Je, kama wachuma zabibu wangekuja kwako,
wasingebakiza zabibu chache?
Kama wezi wangekujia usiku,
je, si wangeiba tu kiasi ambacho wangehitaji?
1049:10 Eze 35:4; Isa 17:14; Mao 1:18; Mwa 3:8; Isa 34:10-12; Yer 11:23Lakini nitamvua Esau nguo abaki uchi,
nitayafunua maficho yake,
ili asiweze kujificha.
Watoto wake, jamaa na majirani wataangamia,
naye hatakuwepo tena.
1149:11 Hos 14:3; Mit 23:10-11; Kum 10:18; Yak 1:27Waache yatima wako; nitayalinda maisha yao.
Wajane wako pia
wanaweza kunitumaini mimi.”
1249:12 Isa 51:23; Mt 20:22; Mit 11:31; Yer 25:28-29; 25:15Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Kama wale wasiostahili kukinywea kikombe ni lazima wakinywe, kwa nini wewe usiadhibiwe? Hutakwepa kuadhibiwa, ni lazima ukinywe. 1349:13 Mwa 22:16; 36:33; Isa 34:6; Yer 42:18; Eze 35:9; Yer 42:18Ninaapa kwa nafsi yangu,” asema Bwana, “kwamba Bosra utakuwa magofu na kitu cha kutisha, cha aibu na cha kulaania; miji yake yote itakuwa magofu milele.”
14Nimesikia ujumbe kutoka kwa Bwana:
Mjumbe alitumwa kwa mataifa kusema,
“Jikusanyeni ili kuushambulia!
Inukeni kwa ajili ya vita!”
15“Sasa nitakufanya uwe mdogo miongoni mwa mataifa,
aliyedharauliwa miongoni mwa watu.
1649:16 Ay 39:27-28; Amo 9:2; Eze 35:13; Oba 1:12Vitisho vyako na kiburi cha moyo wako
vimekudanganya,
wewe unayeishi katika majabali ya miamba,
wewe unayedumu katika miinuko ya kilima.
Ujapojenga kiota chako juu sana kama cha tai,
nitakushusha chini kutoka huko,”
asema Bwana.
1749:17 Kum 29:22; Yer 50:13; Eze 35:7“Edomu atakuwa kitu cha kuogofya;
wote wapitao karibu
watashangaa na kuzomea
kwa sababu ya majeraha yake yote.
1849:18 Mwa 19:24; Kum 29:23; Amo 4:11; Isa 34:10; Yer 23:14Kama vile Sodoma na Gomora zilivyoangamizwa,
pamoja na miji iliyokuwa jirani nayo,”
asema Bwana,
“vivyo hivyo hakuna mtu yeyote atakayeishi humo.
Naam, hakuna mtu yeyote atakayekaa humo.
1949:19 Yer 12:5; Ay 9:19; Yer 50:44; Za 89:6-8; 1Sam 17:34; Kut 8:10; 2Nya 20:6“Kama simba anayepanda kutoka vichaka vya Yordani
kuja kwenye nchi ya malisho mengi,
ndivyo nitamfukuza Edomu kutoka nchi yake ghafula.
Ni nani aliye mteule nitakayemweka kwa ajili ya jambo hili?
Ni nani aliye kama mimi,
na ni nani awezaye kunipinga?
Tena ni mchungaji yupi awezaye
kusimama kinyume nami?”
2049:20 Isa 14:27; Yer 50:45; Mao 1:10; Mal 1:3-4; Isa 34:5; Mwa 36:11Kwa hiyo, sikia kile Bwana alichokipanga dhidi ya Edomu,
kile alichokusudia dhidi ya wale waishio Temani:
Aliye mchanga katika kundi ataburutwa mbali;
yeye ataharibu kabisa malisho yao kwa sababu yao.
2149:21 Za 114:7; Eze 31:16; Yer 51:29; Eze 26:18; Yer 50:46; Eze 26:15; 27:28Kwa sauti ya anguko lao, dunia itatetemeka.
Kilio chao kitasikika hadi Bahari ya Shamu.49:21 Kwa Kiebrania ni Bahari ya Mafunjo.
2249:22 Kum 28:49; Hab 1:8; Isa 13:8; Yer 48:40-41; 4:13; Hos 8:1; Nah 3:13; Mwa 36:33Tazama! Tai atapaa juu angani na kuruka chini kwa ghafula,
akitandaza mabawa yake juu ya Bosra.
Katika siku hiyo, mioyo ya mashujaa wa Edomu
itakuwa kama moyo wa mwanamke katika utungu wa kuzaa.
Ujumbe Kuhusu Dameski
2349:23 2Fal 14:28; Mdo 9:2; 1Fal 8:65; Eze 47:16; 2Fal 18:34; Mwa 49:4; Isa 57:20Kuhusu Dameski:
“Hamathi na Arpadi imetahayarika,
kwa kuwa wamesikia habari mbaya.
Wamevunjika moyo na wametaabika
kama bahari iliyochafuka.
2449:24 Yer 13:21Dameski amedhoofika,
amegeuka na kukimbia,
hofu ya ghafula imemkamata sana;
amepatwa na uchungu na maumivu,
maumivu kama ya mwanamke katika utungu wa kuzaa.
25Kwa nini mji ambao unajulikana haujaachwa,
mji ambao ninaupenda?
2649:26 Isa 17:12-14; Yer 50:30; Isa 9:17; 13:18Hakika, vijana wake wanaume wataanguka barabarani;
askari wake wote watanyamazishwa siku hiyo,”
asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
2749:27 Eze 39:6; Amo 1:4; 1Fal 15:18; Yer 21:14; 43:12; Eze 39:6; Mwa 14:15“Nitatia moto kuta za Dameski;
utaangamiza ngome za Ben-Hadadi.”
Ujumbe Kuhusu Kedari Na Hazori
2849:28 Mwa 25:13; Amu 6:3; Isa 21:13; Yer 10:22; Yos 11:1Kuhusu Kedari na falme za Hazori, ambazo Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli alizishambulia:
Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Inuka, ushambulie Kedari
na kuwaangamiza watu wa mashariki.
2949:29 Yer 6:25; 46:5; Za 120:5Hema zao na makundi yao ya kondoo yatachukuliwa;
vibanda vyao vitatwaliwa
pamoja na mali zao zote na ngamia zao.
Watu watawapigia kelele,
‘Hofu kuu iko kila upande!’
3049:30 Amu 6:2; Yos 11:1; Yer 10:22“Kimbieni haraka!
Kaeni kwenye mapango marefu sana, ninyi mkaao Hazori,”
asema Bwana.
“Nebukadneza, mfalme wa Babeli amepanga shauri baya dhidi yenu;
amebuni hila dhidi yenu.
3149:31 Eze 38:11; Hes 23:9; Mik 7:14“Inuka na ulishambulie taifa lililo starehe,
linaloishi kwa kujiamini,”
asema Bwana,
“taifa lisilo na malango wala makomeo;
watu wake huishi peke yao.
3249:32 Yer 9:26; 25:22; Amu 6:5; Yer 13:24Ngamia wao watakuwa nyara,
nayo makundi yao makubwa ya ngʼombe yatatekwa.
Wale walio maeneo ya mbali
nitawatawanya pande zote,
nami nitaleta maafa juu yao
kutoka kila upande,”
asema Bwana.
3349:33 Yer 10:22; 48:9; Isa 13:22; Hos 11:1“Hazori itakuwa makao ya mbweha,
mahali pa ukiwa milele.
Hakuna yeyote atakayeishi humo;
hakuna mtu atakayekaa ndani yake.”
Ujumbe Kuhusu Elamu
3449:34 Mwa 10:22; 2Fal 24:18Hili ndilo neno la Bwana lililomjia nabii Yeremia kuhusu Elamu, mapema katika utawala wa Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda:
3549:35 Za 37:15; Ezr 4:9; Dan 8:2; Isa 22:6Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote asemalo:
“Tazama, nitavunja upinde wa Elamu,
ulio tegemeo la nguvu zao.
3649:36 Dan 11:4Nitaleta pepo nne dhidi ya Elamu
toka pande nne za mbingu,
nitawatawanya katika hizo pande nne,
wala hapatakuwa na taifa
ambalo watu wa Elamu waliofukuzwa
hawatakwenda.
3749:37 Yer 44:2; 30:24; 9:16; Eze 32:24Nitamfadhaisha Elamu mbele ya adui zao,
mbele yao wale wanaotafuta uhai wao;
nitaleta maafa juu yao,
naam, hasira yangu kali,”
asema Bwana.
“Nitawafuatia kwa upanga
mpaka nitakapowamaliza.
38Nitaweka kiti changu cha enzi huko Elamu
na kumwangamiza mfalme wake na maafisa wake,”
asema Bwana.
3949:39 Yer 48:47“Lakini nitarudisha mateka wa Elamu
katika siku zijazo,”
asema Bwana.
