November 24, 2013

From Jim McGuiggan... Written on the heart means what?

Written on the heart means what?

It's often said that the difference between the New covenant and the Old is that the Old was written on stone tablets and that the New is written on human hearts. That'll hardly do! Was the Mosaic covenant written only on stones or was it written on human hearts also? The notion of words written on stone slabs seems simple enough. There are the stone tables and there are the letters carved out on them. Was the Mosaic covenant such that it could never be other than words written on stone slabs? On the occasion of restoring the 10 commandments God says this in Deuteronomy 11:18, "Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds…" (see 10:16 and 11:13). This appears to say the words on the stone could be recorded on their hearts. The psalmist (37:30-31) was sure this was true of a righteous man, "The law of his God is in his heart" and in fact one psalmist thought the law of God was in his own heart (40:8). In Isaiah 51:7 God speaks to those among his people "who have my law in your hearts."
The image of people having words written on their hearts was so commonplace that it was a part of proverbial speech. Proverbs 3:3 urges the son to keep love and faithfulness always present and "write them on the tablet of your heart." The same is said of the teaching of the teacher in 7:3 so having something written on the heart was a common experience, however "mysterious" such things always are. So when Jeremiah (31:33) mentions this as part of the future blessing in the days of a new covenant he hasn't said anything new in using the expression.
The promise that God would write his laws on the hearts under the new covenant is no new thing either. The ancients knew very well who it was that worked good things in the hearts of sinners. David begged, "Create in me a clean heart, O God" (Psalm 51:10). Another (86:11) pleaded, "Unite my heart to fear thy name." Another begged (119:36), "Turn my heart toward your statutes." He insists that he will run (not walk) in the paths of God commandments when God has enlarged or set his heart free (119:32). In fact, when Israel proved herself to be a rebellious nation Moses saw their self-chosen condition as the absence of God's blessing. Here's how he puts it in Deuteronomy 29:4, "But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind [heart] that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear." But see Deuteronomy 5:28-29, which makes it clear that Israel is answerable.
We often hear that the difference between the Old Covenant and New is that God didn't give Israel the heart to keep the Old Covenant but that he does give the NT church the Spirit so they can keep the New Covenant. This won't do. As we can see from the texts above, God's blessing of a heart that loves and keeps his commandments is no exclusive eschatological gift confined to the New Covenant arrangement. It has always been and will remain true that the gifts of God are precisely that—gifts, that people can refuse.
We know that God hardens the heart and we also know that the sinner hardens his own heart. We know that God writes his laws on our hearts and we also know that we write his laws on our hearts. Ezekiel 18:30-31 says this: "Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get ["make"] a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of Israel?" God here insists that they get [make] a new heart but he also insists that he is the one that gives a new heart and spirit (11:19-21 and 36:26-27). In 11:17-20 God speaks of the restoration of his people and their obedience from the heart that he generates in them but we need to note 11:21 which shows that some in the restored people don't offer the new heart response. This should make us careful in our use of texts because on the surface it looks like everyone who is restored from captivity is given the new heart, which isn't true, as 11:21 shows. We need to recognize "community" language and take it seriously.
So what does it mean to have something "written on the heart"? It surely means that what might have been external to begin with has been internalized and become part of the inner structure of the person. It means we have "taken it to heart." There's nothing especially difficult about the expression. If something is done from the heart it means that that behavior expresses the inner structure of the one doing it. It isn't mere conformity to some external requirement. If something is written on the heart it means that wherever else it is written it has become part of the person on whose heart it is written. See this from a negative angle in Jeremiah 17:1 where Judah's sin is said to be written on the tablets of their heart. Jeremiah 24:7 and 32:39 give God the credit for the good heart that "takes to heart" what he has to offer. The expression "tables of the heart" suggests what had been merely external is now internalized; that is, in contrast to what was written on some other tables (stone or whatever).
We hear of Gentiles who had the torah's requirements "written on their hearts" (Romans 2:15). They didn't have the torah codified and external to them in the way Israel did, but their lives showed they had the torah internally. It's a bit of a stretch to think that Gentiles who didn't have the torah delivered to them could have the torah's requirements written on their hearts while the Jews to whom the torah was revealed couldn't have them written on their hearts. That doesn't make sense. While the tables of stone were in the Ark of the Covenant there were many in Israel that had the covenant written on their hearts. There was nothing about the Mosaic covenant that meant it couldn't be written there.
So what about Paul's comments in 2 Corinthians 3 where he contrasts the Mosaic covenant with the New covenant, saying that one was written on stone and the other on hearts? SEE
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From Mark Copeland.... What Is Our Hope, Glory, And Joy? (1 Thessalonians 2:17-20)


               "THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS"

              What Is Our Hope, Glory, And Joy? (2:17-20)

INTRODUCTION

1. Soon after the church at Thessalonica was started, Paul was forced
   to leave...
   a. Unbelieving Jews had created problems for some of the members 
      - cf. Ac 17:5-9
   b. Paul and Silas had to be sent away by night - Ac 17:10

2. In his letter to the Thessalonians, Paul reflects upon their abrupt
   departure...
   a. How it created an eager desire to see them again - 1Th 2:17
   b. How Satan had hindered them from fulfilling that desire - 1 Th 2:18
   c. Prompting him to ask the question:  "For what is our hope, or 
      joy, or crown of rejoicing?" - 1Th 2:19

3. We do well to ask ourselves the same question...
   a. What is our hope?  For what do we long with desire and 
      expectation?
   b. What is our joy?  What gives us true happiness and satisfaction?
   c. What is our crown of rejoicing?  What provides the highest degree
      of joy in our lives?
   -- Is our answer the same as Paul's?  Should it be?

[As we consider what our answer should be, let's examine more closely
our text and the answer Paul gave...]

I. PAUL'S HOPE, GLORY, AND JOY

   A. WE READ OF HIS DESIRE TO SEE THEM...
      1. He had been "taken away" from them - 1Th 2:17
         a. He is referring to his necessary departure - Ac 17:10
         b. He uses a word that implies a painful bereavement, like a 
            child taken away from his or her parents (Barnes)
      2. He had been away from their presence only "a short time" 
         - 1Th 2:17
         a. Exactly how long, we do not know
         b. Probably no more than a year, if not months
      3. He "endeavored more eagerly" to see them "with great desire" 
         - 1Th 2:17
         a. Note the repeated emphasis of his longing to see them
         b. His desire likely heightened by the manner in which he had
            to leave them

   B. WE LEARN WHAT PREVENTED HIM...
      1. He wanted to come to them "time and again" - 1Th 2:18
         a. Either from Berea or Athens
         b. But he was hindered 
      2. It was Satan who hindered him - 1Th 2:18
         a. He attributes the persecution by his fellow Jews to Satan
            1) It was the unbelieving Jews who were hounding him
            2) They were following him from place to place - Ac 17:5,13; cf. Ac 14:19
            3) They were possibly his "thorn in the flesh", "the 
               messenger of Satan" alluded to in another epistle - cf.
               2Co 12:7-10
         b. Satan was the ultimate source behind the persecution 
            suffered by the early church - cf. 1Pe 5:8-9; Re 2:10

   C. WE DISCOVER PAUL'S HOPE, GLORY, AND JOY...
      1. The Thessalonians were Paul's "hope", because he hoped to see
         them at the coming of the Lord - 1Th 2:19
      2. They were his "joy" or "crown of rejoicing", in anticipation
         of seeing them in the presence of Jesus - 1Th 2:19
      3. They were his "glory" and "joy" - not just in the future, but
         in the present as well - 1Th 2:20 ("you are our glory and 
         joy")

[Paul's hope, glory, and joy were his brethren in Christ, especially
those he had taught and brought to the Lord.  Not just the
Thessalonians, but others as well (cf. Php 4:1).  

And it works both ways:  At the coming of Christ, Paul would be the
source of joy for those he taught (cf. 2Co 1:14).  Now let's consider
what ought to be...]

II. OUR HOPE, GLORY, AND JOY

   A. FOR SOME CHRISTIANS, IT MAY BE...
      1. Their possessions
         a. Their hope is in the acquisition of material things
         b. Their glory (pride) is in what they have obtained
         c. Their joy (happiness) is in the pleasure such things give 
            them
         -- But such things are perishable and susceptible to theft, 
            they draw us away from God; therefore it is folly to have 
            them as our hope, glory and joy - cf. Mt 6:19-21,24; 1Jn 2:15-17
      2. Their jobs
         a. Their hope is in the advancement of their careers
         b. The glory (pride) is in how far they have come
         c. Their joy (happiness) is in the money, power, or prestige 
            they have obtained
         -- But our jobs and all that they bring can be fleeting 
            (especially in today's job market, with frequent downsizing
            and lack of company loyalty to employees); they shall one 
            day come to nought - cf. 2Pe 3:10
      3. Their families
         a. Their hope is what their families may become
         b. Their glory (pride) is what their families have become
         c. Their joy (happiness) is in the relationship they enjoy 
            with their families
         -- While certainly more noble (and rewarding) than possessions 
            or jobs, even our families are limited in the joys and 
            glory they can bring; death ends our relationship as 
            family, and if they are not Christians, what does that do 
            for our hope?  Cf. Mt 10:37; 12:46-50

   B. FOR ALL CHRISTIANS, WHAT IT SHOULD BE...
      1. Our hope should be to see each other in heaven!
         a. To see each other with Jesus in the presence of the Lord at 
            His coming
         b. What a wonderful occasion, what a glorious reunion!
      2. Our glory should be seeing each other in the presence of the 
         Lord!
         a. Serving the Lord faithfully now
         b. Being glorified together with Jesus when He comes - cf. 
            2Th 1:10-12
      3. Our joy should be the happiness coming from our working 
         together in the Lord!
         a. The joy experienced by John when he saw others walking in 
            the truth - 2Jn 4; 3Jn 3-4
         b. The joy Paul experienced when told of the faithfulness of 
            the Thessalonians - 1Th 3:6-9

CONCLUSION

1. Our hope, glory, and joy should be in that which is eternal...
   a. Otherwise we are setting ourselves up for eventual disappointment
   b. Our possessions, jobs, even families cannot provide true hope,
      glory and joy
      1) At best, what they offer is temporary
      2) At worst, they provide much disappointment, and draw us away 
         from God

2. Since much of our hope, glory, and joy, both now and in eternity, is
   through our brethren... 
   a. It is important that we nurture and strengthen our relationships
   b. It is imperative that we seek to bring others to Christ, 
      including those in our physical families
   -- Such effort not only brings us closer to each other, but to God,
      and produces that which lasts for eternity!

And then we shall truly be able to say to each other, "For you are our
glory and joy."  Can we say that now...?

Executable Outlines, Copyright © Mark A. Copeland, 2011

From Gary.... Bible Reading and Study November 24






Bible Reading and Study  
November 24


The World English Bible



Nov. 24
Jeremiah 46-49
Jer 46:1 The word of Yahweh which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
Jer 46:2 Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
Jer 46:3 Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Jer 46:4 Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
Jer 46:5 Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.
Jer 46:6 Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
Jer 46:7 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Jer 46:8 Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.
Jer 46:9 Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
Jer 46:10 For that day is a day of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jer 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.
Jer 46:12 The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
Jer 46:13 The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.
Jer 46:14 Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say you, Stand forth, and prepare you; for the sword has devoured around you.
Jer 46:15 Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn't stand, because Yahweh did drive them.
Jer 46:16 He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
Jer 46:17 They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.
Jer 46:18 As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
Jer 46:19 You daughter who dwell in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.
Jer 46:20 Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
Jer 46:21 Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn't stand: for the day of their calamity is come on them, the time of their visitation.
Jer 46:22 The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
Jer 46:23 They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can't be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
Jer 46:24 The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Jer 46:25 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:
Jer 46:26 and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.
Jer 46:27 But don't be afraid you, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
Jer 46:28 Don't be afraid you, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
Jer 47:1 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.
Jer 47:2 Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
Jer 47:3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don't look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Jer 47:4 because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
Jer 47:5 Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
Jer 47:6 You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.
Jer 47:7 How can you be quiet, seeing Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.
Jer 48:1 Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
Jer 48:2 The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, Madmen, shall be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue you.
Jer 48:3 The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
Jer 48:4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Jer 48:5 For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
Jer 48:6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
Jer 48:7 For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
Jer 48:8 The destroyer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.
Jer 48:9 Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Jer 48:10 Cursed be he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.
Jer 48:11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
Jer 48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
Jer 48:13 Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Jer 48:14 How say you, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
Jer 48:15 Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.
Jer 48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
Jer 48:17 All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
Jer 48:18 You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.
Jer 48:19 Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?
Jer 48:20 Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell you it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Jer 48:21 Judgment is come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
Jer 48:22 and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth Diblathaim,
Jer 48:23 and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth Gamul, and on Beth Meon,
Jer 48:24 and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
Jer 48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.
Jer 48:26 Make you him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
Jer 48:27 For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you wag the head.
Jer 48:28 You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.
Jer 48:29 We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
Jer 48:30 I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing.
Jer 48:31 Therefore will I wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir Heres shall they mourn.
Jer 48:32 With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah: your branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: on your summer fruits and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen.
Jer 48:33 Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
Jer 48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
Jer 48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Yahweh, him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods.
Jer 48:36 Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.
Jer 48:37 For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.
Jer 48:38 On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.
Jer 48:39 How is it broken down! how do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.
Jer 48:40 For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
Jer 48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jer 48:42 Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh.
Jer 48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.
Jer 48:44 He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
Jer 48:45 Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
Jer 48:46 Woe to you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.
Jer 48:47 Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
Jer 49:1 Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in its cities?
Jer 49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess those who did possess him, says Yahweh.
Jer 49:3 Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
Jer 49:4 Why glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? who trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come to me?
Jer 49:5 Behold, I will bring a fear on you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, from all who are around you; and you shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.
Jer 49:6 But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, says Yahweh.
Jer 49:7 Of Edom. Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Jer 49:8 Flee you, turn back, dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I shall visit him.
Jer 49:9 If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, wouldn't they destroy until they had enough?
Jer 49:10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more.
Jer 49:11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
Jer 49:12 For thus says Yahweh: Behold, they to whom it didn't pertain to drink of the cup shall certainly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.
Jer 49:13 For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.
Jer 49:14 I have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
Jer 49:15 For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.
Jer 49:16 As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh.
Jer 49:17 Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
Jer 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
Jer 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?
Jer 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
Jer 49:21 The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
Jer 49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jer 49:23 Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can't be quiet.
Jer 49:24 Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
Jer 49:25 How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?
Jer 49:26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh of Armies.
Jer 49:27 I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
Jer 49:28 Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck. Thus says Yahweh: Arise you, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
Jer 49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Terror on every side!
Jer 49:30 Flee you, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
Jer 49:31 Arise, go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care, says Yahweh; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.
Jer 49:32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their hair cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
Jer 49:33 Hazor shall be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
Jer 49:34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Jer 49:35 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
Jer 49:36 On Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
Jer 49:37 I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life; and I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger, says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them;
Jer 49:38 and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes, says Yahweh.
Jer 49:39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh.



 
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Jeremiah
 
Jeremiah 46 1
The word of Yahweh which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning
the nations,
Jeremiah 46 2
Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, which was by the river
Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah.
For Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that hath been by
the river Phrat, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath
smitten, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
Jeremiah 46 3
Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
`Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.
Jeremiah 46 4
Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
Harness the horses, and mount ye horsemen, and stand forth with helmets; polish the
spears, put on the coats of mail!
Gird the horses, and go up, ye horsemen, And station yourselves with helmets,
Polish the javelins, put on the coats of mail.
Jeremiah 46 5
Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don`t look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.
Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down,
and take to flight, and look not back? Terror [is] on every side, saith Jehovah.
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed -- They are turned backward, And their
mighty ones are beaten down, And [to] a refuge they have fled, and not turned the
face? Fear [is] round about -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 46 6
Don`t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! -- Toward the north, hard
by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.
The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the
river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.
Jeremiah 46 7
Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Who is this [that] riseth up as the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Who is this? as a flood he cometh up, As rivers do his waters shake themselves!
Jeremiah 46 8
Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants of it.
It is Egypt that riseth up as the Nile, and [his] waters toss themselves like the rivers; and
he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants
thereof.
Egypt, as a flood cometh up, And as rivers the waters shake themselves. And he
saith, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.
Jeremiah 46 9
Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
Go up, ye horses, and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush
and Phut that handle the shield, and the Ludim that handle the bow [and] bend it.
Go up, ye horses; and boast yourselves, ye chariots, And go forth, ye mighty, Cush
and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling -- treading the bow.
Jeremiah 46 10
For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may be
avenged of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be sated and made
drunk with their blood; for the Lord Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north
country, by the river Euphrates.
And that day [is] to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of
His adversaries, And the sword hath devoured, and been satisfied, And it hath
been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice [is] to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In
the land of the north, by the river Phrat.
Jeremiah 46 11
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.
Go up to Gilead, and fetch balm, O virgin-daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou multiply
remedies: there is no healing for thee.
Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt, In vain thou hast
multiplied medicines, Healing there is none for thee.
Jeremiah 46 12
The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the earth; for the mighty
man stumbleth against the mighty, they are both fallen together.
Nations have heard of thy shame, And thy cry hath filled the land, For the mighty
on the mighty did stumble, Together they have fallen -- both of them!`
Jeremiah 46 13
The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.
The word that Jehovah spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning the coming of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt:
The word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the
coming in of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, to smite the land of Egypt:
Jeremiah 46 14
Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say you, Stand forth, and prepare you; for the sword has devoured round about you.
Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes; say,
Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword devoureth round about thee.
`Declare ye in Egypt, and sound in Migdol, Yea, sound in Noph, and in Tahpanhes
say: Station thyself, yea, prepare for thee, For a sword hath devoured around thee,
Jeremiah 46 15
Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn`t stand, because Yahweh did drive them.
Why are thy valiants swept away? They stood not, for Jehovah did thrust them down.
Wherefore hath thy bull been swept away? He hath not stood, because Jehovah
thrust him away.
Jeremiah 46 16
He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
He made many to stumble, yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us
return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
He hath multiplied the stumbling, Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And
they say: Rise, and we turn back to our people, And unto the land of our birth,
Because of the oppressing sword.
Jeremiah 46 17
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.
There did they cry, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the time appointed
go by.
They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt [is] a desolation, Passed by hath the
appointed time.
Jeremiah 46 18
As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
[As] I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely as Tabor among the
mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
I live -- an affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name, Surely as Tabor
[is] among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea -- he cometh in,
Jeremiah 46 19
You daughter who dwell in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall
become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.
Thou, inhabitress, daughter of Egypt, furnish for thyself a captive`s baggage, for Noph
shall be a desolation and shall be ruined, so that none shall dwell therein.
Goods for removal make for thee, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph
becometh a desolation, And hath been burnt up, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 46 20
Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
Egypt is a very fair heifer; the gad-fly cometh, it cometh from the north.
A heifer very fair [is] Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.
Jeremiah 46 21
Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn`t stand: for the day of their calamity is come on them, the time of their visitation.
Also her hired men in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks; for they also have turned
back, they have fled away together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity is
come upon them, the time of their visitation.
Even her hired ones in her midst [are] as calves of the stall, For even they have
turned, They have fled together, they have not stood, For the day of their calamity
hath come on them, The time of their inspection.
Jeremiah 46 22
The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
Her voice shall go like a serpent`s; for they shall march with an army, and come against
her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Its voice as a serpent goeth on, For with a force they go, And with axes they have
come in to her, As hewers of trees.
Jeremiah 46 23
They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can`t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it be impenetrable; for they are
more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for it is not searched,
For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering.
Jeremiah 46 24
The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
The daughter of Egypt is put to shame; she is delivered into the hand of the people of the
north.
Ashamed hath been the daughter of Egypt, She hath been given into the hand of
the people of the north.
Jeremiah 46 25
Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith, Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh,
and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings; yea, Pharaoh and them that confide in him.
Said hath Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after Amon of No, And
after Pharaoh, and after Egypt, And after her gods, and after her kings, And after
Pharaoh, and after those trusting in him,
Jeremiah 46 26
and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.
And I will give them into the hand of those that seek their life, and into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; but afterwards it
shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith Jehovah.
And I have given them into the hand of those seeking their life, And into the hand
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants, And
afterwards it is inhabited, As [in] days of old -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 46 27
But don`t be afraid you, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
But thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, neither be dismayed, Israel: for behold, I will save
thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and
be in rest and at ease, and none shall make [him] afraid.
And thou, thou dost not fear, my servant Jacob, Nor [art] thou dismayed, O Israel,
For lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity,
And Jacob hath turned back, And hath been at rest, and been at ease, And there is
none disturbing.
Jeremiah 46 28
Don`t be afraid you, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
Fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah: for I am with thee; for I will make a full
end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee;
but I will correct thee with judgment, and I will not hold thee altogether guiltless.
Thou, thou dost not fear, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for with
thee I [am], For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have driven thee, And of
thee I do not make an end, And I have reproved thee in judgment, And do not
entirely acquit thee!`
Jeremiah 47 1
The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.
The word of Jehovah that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines,
before Pharaoh smote Gazah.
That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the
Philistines, before Pharaoh smiteth Gaza:
Jeremiah 47 2
Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an
overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them
that dwell therein: and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,
`Thus said Jehovah: Lo, waters are coming up from the north, And have been for an
overflowing stream, And they overflow the land and its fulness, The city, and the inhabitants in it, And men have cried out, And howled hath every inhabitant of the land.
Jeremiah 47 3
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don`t look back to their children for feebleness of hands; at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels: fathers shall not look back for [their] children, from feebleness of hands;
From the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his mighty ones, From the rushing
of his chariot, the noise of his wheels, Fathers have not turned unto sons, From
feebleness of hands,
Jeremiah 47 4
because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and
Sidon every helper that remaineth; for Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines, the
remnant of the island of Caphtor.
Because of the day that hath come to spoil all the Philistines, To cut off to Tyre
and to Zidon every helping remnant. For Jehovah is spoiling the Philistines, The
remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
Jeremiah 47 5
Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long
wilt thou cut thyself?
Come hath baldness unto Gaza, Cut off hath been Ashkelon, O remnant of their
valley, Till when dost thou cut thyself?
Jeremiah 47 6
You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? put up yourself into your
scabbard; rest, and be still.
Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard,
rest, and be still.
Ho, sword of Jehovah, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath,
rest and cease.
Jeremiah 47 7
How can you be quiet, seeing Yahweh has given you a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there has he appointed it.
How shouldest thou be quiet? -- For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and
against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.
How shall it be quiet, And Jehovah hath given a charge to it, Against Ashkelon,
and against the sea shore? There hath He appointed it!`
Jeremiah 48 1
Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste;
Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
Concerning Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is
spoiled; Kirjathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and dismayed.
Concerning Moab: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Wo unto Nebo, for it is
spoiled, Put to shame, captured hath been Kiriathaim, Put to shame hath been
the high tower, Yea, it hath been broken down.
Jeremiah 48 2
The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, Madmen, shall be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue you.
Moab`s praise is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us
cut her off from [being] a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be cut down; the sword shall pursue thee.
There is no more praise of Moab, In Heshbon they devised against it evil: Come,
and we cut it off from [being] a nation, Also, O Madmen, thou art cut off, After
thee goeth a sword.
Jeremiah 48 3
The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
A voice of crying from Horonaim; wasting and great destruction!
A voice of a cry [is] from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.
Jeremiah 48 4
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Destroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones.
Jeremiah 48 5
For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of
Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
For by the ascent of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the descent of Horonaim
is heard the anguish of the cry of destruction.
For the ascent of Luhith with weeping, Go up doth weeping, For in the descent of
Horonaim Adversaries a cry of desolation have heard.
Jeremiah 48 6
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
Flee, save your lives, and be like a shrub in the wilderness.
Flee ye, deliver yourselves, Ye are as a naked thing in a wilderness.
Jeremiah 48 7
For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
For because thou hast confided in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be
taken, and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
For, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art
captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads
together.
Jeremiah 48 8
The destroyer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.
And the waster shall come upon every city, that not a city shall escape; and the valley
shall perish, and the plateau shall be destroyed: as Jehovah hath said.
And come in doth a spoiler unto every city, And no city doth escape, And perished
hath the valley, And destroyed been the plain, as Jehovah said.
Jeremiah 48 9
Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.
Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation,
Without an inhabitant in them.
Jeremiah 48 10
Cursed be he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.
Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth
back his sword from blood!
Cursed [is] he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed [is] he Who
is withholding his sword from blood.
Jeremiah 48 11
Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and hath settled on his lees; he hath not been
emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste
hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Secure is Moab from his youth, And at rest [is] he for his preserved things, And he hath not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he hath not gone, Therefore hath his taste remained in him, And his fragrance hath not been changed.
Jeremiah 48 12
Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
Therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him pourers that shall
pour him off, and shall empty his vessels, and break in pieces his flagons.
Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent to him
wanderers, And they have caused him to wander, And his vessels they empty out,
And his bottles they dash in pieces.
Jeremiah 48 13
Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel,
their confidence.
And ashamed hath been Moab because of Chemosh, As the house of Israel have been
ashamed Because of Beth-El their confidence.
Jeremiah 48 14
How say you, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
How do ye say, We are mighty, and men of valour for the war?
How do ye say, We [are] mighty, And men of strength for battle?
Jeremiah 48 15
Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts.
Moab is laid waste, and his cities are gone up [in smoke], and his chosen young men are
gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
Spoiled is Moab, and her cities hath one gone up, And the choice of its young men
Have gone down to slaughter, An affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His
name.
Jeremiah 48 16
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.
Jeremiah 48 17
All you who are round about him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the
strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How
hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.
Jeremiah 48 18
You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the
destroyer of Moab is come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.
Come down from [thy] glory and sit in the drought, O inhabitress, daughter of Dibon; the
spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, thy strongholds hath he destroyed.
Come down from honour, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a
spoiler of Moab hath come up to thee, He hath destroyed thy fenced places.
Jeremiah 48 19
Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?
Stand by the way, and watch, inhabitress of Aroer; ask him that fleeth, and her that
escapeth; say, What is done?
On the way stand, and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer, Ask the fugitive and escaped,
Say, What hath happened?
Jeremiah 48 20
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell you it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is
laid waste.
Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare
ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,
Jeremiah 48 21
Judgment is come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
And judgment is come upon the country of the plateau; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and
upon Mephaath;
And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain -- unto Holon, And unto
Jahazah, and on Mephaath,
Jeremiah 48 22
and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim,
and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim;
And on Dibon, and on Nebo, And on Beth-Diblathaim, and on Kirathaim,
Jeremiah 48 23
and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon,
and upon Kirjathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon;
And on Beth-Gamul, and on Beth-Meon,
Jeremiah 48 24
and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
and upon Kerijoth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far and
near.
And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, And on all cities of the land of Moab, The far off
and the near.
Jeremiah 48 25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.
Cut down hath been the horn of Moab, And his arm hath been broken, An
affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 48 26
Make you him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
Make him drunken, for he magnified himself against Jehovah; and Moab shall wallow in
his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
Declare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath
stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision -- even he.
Jeremiah 48 27
For wasn`t Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you wag the head.
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves, that as oft as thou
didst speak of him, thou didst shake the head?
And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since
thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.
Jeremiah 48 28
You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.
Leave the cities, and dwell in the rocks, ye inhabitants of Moab, and be like the dove, that
maketh her nest in the sides of the cave`s mouth.
Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove
making a nest in the passages of a pit`s mouth.
Jeremiah 48 29
We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, -- [he is] very proud; -- his loftiness, and his
arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and
his arrogance, And his pride, and the height of his heart,
Jeremiah 48 30
I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing.
I know his wrath, saith Jehovah; his pratings are vain: they do not as [they say].
I -- I have known, an affirmation of Jehovah, His wrath, and [it is] not right, His
devices -- not right they have done.
Jeremiah 48 31
Therefore will I wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres
shall there be moaning.
Therefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab -- all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it
doth mourn,
Jeremiah 48 32
With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah: your branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: on your summer fruits and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen.
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with more than the weeping of Jaazer: thy shoots
passed over the sea, they reached to the sea of Jaazer. The spoiler is fallen upon thy
summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
With the weeping of Jazer, I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah, Thy branches have
passed over a sea, Unto the sea of Jazer they have come, On thy summer fruits, and
on thy harvest, A spoiler hath fallen.
Jeremiah 48 33
Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
And joy and gladness is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and
I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: they shall no more tread with shouting;
the shouting shall be no shouting.
And removed hath been joy and gladness From the fruitful field, Even from the
land of Moab, And wine from wine-presses I have caused to cease, Shouting doth
not proceed, The shouting [is] no shouting!
Jeremiah 48 34
From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
Because of the cry from Heshbon, unto Elaleh, unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice,
from Zoar unto Horonaim, [unto] Eglath-shelishijah: for even the waters of Nimrim shall
become desolations.
Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice,
From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third [year], For even waters of Nimrim
become desolations.
Jeremiah 48 35
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Yahweh, him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods.
And I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and
him that burneth incense to his gods.
And I have caused to cease to Moab, An affirmation of Jehovah, Him who is offering
in a high place, And him who is making perfume to his god.
Jeremiah 48 36
Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.
Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes
for the men of Kir-heres; because the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.
Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-
Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.
Jeremiah 48 37
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and
upon the loins sackcloth.
For every head [is] bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and
on the loins -- sackcloth.
Jeremiah 48 38
On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets of it there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.
It is wholly lamentation upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the public places thereof;
for I have broken Moab, like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith Jehovah.
On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it -- [is] lamentation, For I
have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of
Jehovah.
Jeremiah 48 39
How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are round about him.
They howl, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! And
Moab shall be a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.
How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck
ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her.
Jeremiah 48 40
For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread forth his wings
over Moab.
For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto
Moab.
Jeremiah 48 41
Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Kerijoth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and at that day the heart of the mighty
men of Moab shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Captured have been the cities, And the strongholds are caught, And the heart of
the mighty of Moab Hath been in that day as the heart of a distressed woman.
Jeremiah 48 42
Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh.
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself
against Jehovah.
And Moab hath been destroyed from [being] a people, For against Jehovah he
exerted himself.
Jeremiah 48 43
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.
Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [are] for thee, O inhabitant of Moab -- an affirmation
of Jehovah,
Jeremiah 48 44
He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit
shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon her, upon Moab, the year of their
visitation, saith Jehovah.
Whoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up
from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her -- unto Moab -- The
year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 48 45
Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon powerless; for a fire hath come forth
from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath consumed the corner of
Moab, and the crown of the head of the sons of tumult.
In the shadow of Heshbon stood powerless have fugitives, For fire hath gone forth
from Heshbon, And a flame from within Sihon, And it consumeth the corner of
Moab, And the crown of the sons of Shaon.
Jeremiah 48 46
Woe to you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.
Woe to thee, Moab! The people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away in
captivity, and thy daughters are captives.
Wo to thee, O Moab, Perished hath the people of Chemosh, For thy sons were taken
with the captives, And thy daughters with the captivity.
Jeremiah 48 47
Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Yahweh. Thus far is the
judgment of Moab.
But I will turn the captivity of Moab at the end of the days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the
judgement of Moab.
And I have turned back [to] the captivity of Moab, In the latter end of the days, An
affirmation of Jehovah! Hitherto [is] the judgment of Moab.
Jeremiah 49 1
Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in the cities of it?
Concerning the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah: Hath Israel no sons? hath he no
heir? Why is Malcam heir of Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof?
Concerning the sons of Ammon: `Thus said Jehovah: Sons -- hath Israel none? heir --
hath he none? Wherefore hath Malcam possessed Gad? And his people in its cities
have dwelt?
Jeremiah 49 2
Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess those who did possess him, says Yahweh.
Therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will cause the clamour of war to be
heard in Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall be a desolate heap; and her towns
shall be burned with fire; and Israel shall possess them that possessed him, saith Jehovah.
Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sounded unto
Rabbah of the sons of Ammon a shout of battle, And it hath been for a heap -- a
desolation, And her daughters with fire are burnt, And Israel hath succeeded its
heirs, Said hath Jehovah.
Jeremiah 49 3
Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth:
lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
Howl, Heshbon! for Ai is laid waste; cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth,
lament and run to and fro within the enclosures: for Malcam shall go into captivity, his
priests and his princes together.
Howl, Heshbon, for spoiled is Ai, Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth,
Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam into captivity doth go, His
priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah 49 4
Why glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? who trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come to me?
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? Thy valley shall flow down, O backsliding
daughter, that trusteth in her treasures, [saying,] Who shall come against me?
What -- dost thou boast thyself in valleys? Flowed hath thy valley, O backsliding
daughter, Who is trusting in her treasures: Who doth come in unto me?
Jeremiah 49 5
Behold, I will bring a fear on you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, from all who are round about you; and you shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.
Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts, from all that are
about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall assemble the
fugitives.
Lo, I am bringing in upon thee a fear, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts,
From all round about thee, And ye have been driven out each before it, And there
is no gatherer of the wandering.
Jeremiah 49 6
But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, says Yahweh.
And afterwards I will turn the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith Jehovah.
And after this I turn back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, An affirmation of
Jehovah.`
Jeremiah 49 7
Of Edom. Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Concerning Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? is
counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom spent?
Concerning Edom: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman?
Perished hath counsel from the intelligent? Vanished hath their wisdom?
Jeremiah 49 8
Flee you, turn back, dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I shall visit him.
Flee, turn back, dwell deep down, ye inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity
of Esau upon him, the time that I visit him.
Flee, turn, go deep to dwell, ye inhabitants of Dedan, For the calamity of Esau I
brought in upon him, The time I inspected him.
Jeremiah 49 9
If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, wouldn`t they destroy until they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a gleaning? If thieves by
night, they would destroy only till they had enough.
If gatherers have come in to thee, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the
night, They have destroyed their sufficiency!
Jeremiah 49 10
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no  more.
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, that he is unable to hide
himself: his seed is wasted, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
For I -- I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, And to be hidden
he is not able, Spoiled [is] his seed, and his brethren, And his neighbours, and he
is not.
Jeremiah 49 11
Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Leave thine orphans -- I do keep alive, And thy widows -- on Me trust ye,
Jeremiah 49 12
For thus says Yahweh: Behold, they to whom it didn`t pertain to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.
For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup shall
assuredly drink; and thou indeed, shouldest thou be altogether unpunished? Thou shalt
not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink.
For thus said Jehovah: They whose judgment is not to drink of the cup, Do
certainly drink, And thou [art] he that is entirely acquitted! Thou art not
acquitted, for thou certainly drinkest.
Jeremiah 49 13
For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities of it shall be perpetual wastes.
For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a
reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
For, by Myself, I have sworn, An affirmation of Jehovah, That for a desolation, for a
reproach, For a waste, and for a reviling -- is Bozrah, And all her cities are for
wastes age-during.
Jeremiah 49 14
I have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, [saying], Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
I have heard a rumour from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations: --
Gather yourselves together, and come against her and rise up for the battle.
A report I have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations is sent,
Gather yourselves and come in against her, And rise ye for battle.
Jeremiah 49 15
For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.
For behold, I have made thee small among the nations, despised among men.
For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.
Jeremiah 49 16
As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh.
Thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart, hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the
clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill. Though thou shouldest make thy
nest high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart, O dweller in clefts of
the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle
thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 49 17
Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues of it.
And Edom shall be an astonishment: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and
shall hiss, because of all the plagues thereof.
And Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth
hiss because of all her plagues.
Jeremiah 49 18
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighbour cities, saith Jehovah,
no one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.
As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, And its neighbours, said Jehovah, No
one doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.
Jeremiah 49 19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan against the strong
habitation; for I will make them suddenly run away from it; and who is a chosen [man]
whom I shall appoint over her? For who is like me? and who will assign me a time? and
who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring
habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause him to run from off her, And who is chosen?
concerning her I lay a charge, For who is like Me? and who conveneth Me? And
who [is] this shepherd who standeth before Me?
Jeremiah 49 20
Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah, which he hath taken against Edom, and his
purposes which he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: The little ones of the
flock shall certainly draw them away; he shall certainly make their habitation desolate
for them.
Therefore, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, That He hath counselled concerning
Edom, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the inhabitants of Teman:
Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Make desolate over them doth he not
their habitation?
Jeremiah 49 21
The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
The earth quaketh at the sound of their fall; there is a cry, the sound whereof is heard in
the Red sea.
From the noise of their fall hath the earth shaken, The cry -- at the sea of Suph is
its voice heard.
Jeremiah 49 22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Behold, he shall come up, and fly as an eagle, and spread forth his wings against Bozrah;
and at that day the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in
her pangs.
Lo, as an eagle he cometh up, and flieth, And he spreadeth his wings over Bozrah,
And the heart of the mighty of Edom hath been in that day, As the heart of a
distressed woman!`
Jeremiah 49 23
Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can`t be quiet.
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for they have heard evil
tidings, they are melted away: there is distress on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Concerning Damascus: Ashamed hath been Hamath and Arpad, For an evil report
they have heard, They have been melted, in the sea [is] sorrow, To be quiet it is
not able.
Jeremiah 49 24
Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
Damascus is grown feeble: she turneth herself to flee, and terror hath seized on her;
trouble and sorrows have taken hold of her as of a woman in travail.
Feeble hath been Damascus, She turned to flee, and fear strengthened her,
Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman.
Jeremiah 49 25
How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?
How is not the town of praise forsaken, the city of my joy!
How is it not left -- the city of praise, The city of my joy!
Jeremiah 49 26
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh of Hosts.
Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all the men of war be cut off in that
day, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places, And all the men of war are
cut off in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.
Jeremiah 49 27
I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-
Hadad.
And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, And it consumed palaces of
Ben-Hadad!`
Jeremiah 49 28
Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon struck. Thus says Yahweh: Arise you, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king
of Babylon smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, that Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon hath smitten: `Thus said Jehovah: Arise ye, go ye up unto Kedar,
And spoil the sons of the east.
Jeremiah 49 29
Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Terror on every side!
Their tents and their flocks shall they take; their curtains and all their vessels, and their
camels, shall they carry away for themselves; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on
every side!
Their tents and their flock they do take, Their curtains, and all their vessels, And
their camels, they bear away for themselves, And they called concerning them,
Fear [is] round about.
Jeremiah 49 30
Flee you, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor, says Yahweh; for
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
Flee, wander very far, dwell deep down, ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith Jehovah; for
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a
purpose against you.
Flee, bemoan mightily, go deep to dwell, Ye inhabitants of Hazor -- an affirmation
of Jehovah, For given counsel against you hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
Yea, he deviseth against them a device.
Jeremiah 49 31
Arise, get you up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care, says Yahweh; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.
Arise, get you up against the nation at ease, that dwelleth securely, saith Jehovah, which
hath neither gates nor bars: they dwell alone.
Rise ye, go up unto a nation at rest, Dwelling confidently, an affirmation of
Jehovah, It hath no two-leaved doors nor bar, Alone they do dwell.
Jeremiah 49 32
Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil; and I will
scatter to every wind them that have the corners [of their beard] cut off, and I will bring
their calamity from all sides thereof, saith Jehovah.
And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their cattle for a
spoil, And I have scattered them to every wind, Who cut off the corner [of the
beard], And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, An affirmation of
Jehovah.
Jeremiah 49 33
Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
And Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation for ever. No one shall dwell
there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.
And Hazor hath been for a habitation of dragons, A desolation -- unto the age, No
one doth dwell there, nor sojourn in it doth a son of man!`
Jeremiah 49 34
The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the
beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning
Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
Jeremiah 49 35
Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am breaking the bow of Elam, The beginning of
their might.
Jeremiah 49 36
On Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds, from the four ends of the heavens, and I will
scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of
Elam shall not come.
And I have brought in to Elam four winds, From the four ends of the heavens, And
have scattered them to all these winds, And there is no nation whither outcasts of
Elam come not in.
Jeremiah 49 37
I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life; and I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger, says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them;
And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek
their life; and I will bring evil upon them, my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and I will send
the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
And I have affrighted Elam before their enemies, And before those seeking their
life, And I have brought in against them evil, The heat of Mine anger, An
affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed
them;
Jeremiah 49 38
and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes, says Yahweh.
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith
Jehovah.
And I have set My throne in Elam, And I have destroyed thence King and princes --
an affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 49 39
But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh.
But it shall come to pass at the end of the days, I will turn the captivity of Elam, saith
Jehovah.
And it hath come to pass, in the latter end of the days, I turn back [to] the
captivity of Elam, An affirmation of Jehovah!`

Study Questions
What judgment was pronounced against Egypt? 46:2-12
 
Memphis will become a __________? 46:19
 
Egypt will be conquered by? 46:26
 
What remnant will be destroyed? 47:4
 
Moab will be ashamed of _____?48:13
 
What will happen to Moab in the latter days? 48:47

What noise will signify war against the sons of Ammon? 49:2
 
What will become an object of horror? 49:13
 
What nation lives in the clefts of the rocks? 49: 16 (7)
 
What will happen to the wall of Damascus? 49:27
 
Hazor will become ___________________________? 49:33


The World English Bible
 
Nov. 24
Hebrews 10
Heb 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
Heb 10:2 Or else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?
Heb 10:3 But in those sacrifices there is yearly reminder of sins.
Heb 10:4 For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
Heb 10:5 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, but you prepared a body for me;
Heb 10:6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.
Heb 10:7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.' "
Heb 10:8 Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn't desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the law),
Heb 10:9 then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
Heb 10:10 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Heb 10:11 Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
Heb 10:12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Heb 10:13 from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.
Heb 10:14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
Heb 10:15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,
Heb 10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;' " then he says,
Heb 10:17 "I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more."
Heb 10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Heb 10:19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Heb 10:21 and having a great priest over the house of God,
Heb 10:22 let's draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
Heb 10:23 let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
Heb 10:24 Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
Heb 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.
Heb 10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
Heb 10:28 A man who disregards Moses' law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.
Heb 10:29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
Heb 10:30 For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."
Heb 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Heb 10:32 But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
Heb 10:33 partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.
Heb 10:34 For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
Heb 10:35 Therefore don't throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
Heb 10:36 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
Heb 10:37 "In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.
Heb 10:38 But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
Heb 10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.



 
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Hebrews

Hebrews 10 1
For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
For the law, having a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of the
things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually yearly, perfect
those who approach.
For the law having a shadow of the coming good things -- not the very image of the
matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never
able to make perfect those coming near,
Hebrews 10 2
Or else wouldn`t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?
Since, would they not indeed have ceased being offered, on account of the worshippers
once purged having no longer any conscience of sins?
since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no
more conscience of sins, having once been purified?
Hebrews 10 3
But in those sacrifices there is a memory made of sins year by year.
But in these [there is] a calling to mind of sins yearly.
but in those [sacrifices] is a remembrance of sins every year,
Hebrews 10 4
For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
For blood of bulls and goats [is] incapable of taking away sins.
for it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 10 5
Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn`t desire, But a body did you prepare for me;
Wherefore coming into the world he says, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not; but
thou hast prepared me a body.
Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, `Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not
will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,
Hebrews 10 6
In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you had no pleasure.
Thou tookest no pleasure in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin.
in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, Thou didst not delight,
Hebrews 10 7
Then I said, `Behold, I have come (In the scroll of the book it is written of me) To do your will, God.`"
Then I said, Lo, I come (in [the] roll of the book it is written of me) to do, O God, thy will.
then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning
me,) to do, O God, Thy will;`
Hebrews 10 8
Saying above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn`t desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the law),
Above, saying Sacrifices and offerings and burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou
willedst not, neither tookest pleasure in (which are offered according to the law);
saying above -- `Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-
offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,` -- which according to the law are
offered --
Hebrews 10 9
then has he said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
then he said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first that he may establish the
second;
then he said, `Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;` he doth take away the first that
the second he may establish;
Hebrews 10 10
by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ
once for all.
in the which will we are having been sanctified through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once,
Hebrews 10 11
Every priest indeed stands day by day ministering and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
And every priest stands daily ministering, and offering often the same sacrifices, which
can never take away sins.
and every priest, indeed, hath stood daily serving, and the same sacrifices many
times offering, that are never able to take away sins.
Hebrews 10 12
but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
But *he*, having offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down in perpetuity at [the] right hand
of God,
And He, for sin one sacrifice having offered -- to the end, did sit down on the
right hand of God, --
Hebrews 10 13
henceforth expecting until his enemies to be made the footstool of his feet.
waiting from henceforth until his enemies be set [for the] footstool of his feet.
as to the rest, expecting till He may place his enemies [as] his footstool,
Hebrews 10 14
For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are sanctified.
For by one offering he has perfected in perpetuity the sanctified.
for by one offering he hath perfected to the end those sanctified;
Hebrews 10 15
The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after he has said,
And the Holy Spirit also bears us witness [of it]; for after what was said:
and testify to us also doth the Holy Spirit, for after that He hath said before,
Hebrews 10 16
"This is the covenant that I will make with them: `After those days,` says the Lord, `I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;`" then,
This [is] the covenant which I will establish towards them after those days, saith [the]
Lord: Giving my laws into their hearts, I will write them also in their understandings;
`This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord,
giving My laws on their hearts, and upon their minds I will write them,`
Hebrews 10 17
"I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more."
and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more.
and `their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;`
Hebrews 10 18
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
But where there [is] remission of these, [there is] no longer a sacrifice for sin.
and where forgiveness of these [is], there is no more offering for sin.
Hebrews 10 19
Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entering into the [holy of] holies by the blood of
Jesus,
Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the
blood of Jesus,
Hebrews 10 20
by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,
which way he did initiate for us -- new and living, through the vail, that is, his
flesh --
Hebrews 10 21
and having a great priest over the house of God;
and [having] a great priest over the house of God,
and a high priest over the house of God,
Hebrews 10 22
let us draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
let us approach with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our hearts
from a wicked conscience, and washed as to our body with pure water.
may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;
Hebrews 10 23
let us hold fast the confession of our hope unyieldingly. For he who promised is faithful.
Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, (for he [is] faithful who has
promised;)
may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful [is] He who
did promise),
Hebrews 10 24
Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works;
and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,
Hebrews 10 25
not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom [is] with some; but
encouraging [one another], and by so much the more as ye see the day drawing near.
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain [is], but
exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.
Hebrews 10 26
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer
remains any sacrifice for sins,
For we -- willfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth -- no
more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,
Hebrews 10 27
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the
adversaries.
but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the
opposers;
Hebrews 10 28
A man who has set at nothing Moses` law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.
Any one that has disregarded Moses` law dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or
three witnesses:
any one who did set at nought a law of Moses, apart from mercies, by two or three
witnesses, doth die,
Hebrews 10 29
How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden
under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been
sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
of how much sorer punishment shall he be counted worthy who the Son of God did
trample on, and the blood of the covenant did count a common thing, in which he
was sanctified, and to the Spirit of the grace did despite?
Hebrews 10 30
For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."
For we know him that said, To me [belongs] vengeance; *I* will recompense, saith the
Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people.
for we have known Him who is saying, `Vengeance [is] Mine, I will recompense,
saith the Lord;` and again, `The Lord shall judge His people;` --
Hebrews 10 31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
[It is] a fearful thing falling into [the] hands of [the] living God.
fearful [is] the falling into the hands of a living God.
Hebrews 10 32
But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
But call to mind the earlier days in which, having been enlightened, ye endured much
conflict of sufferings;
And call to your remembrance the former days, in which, having been
enlightened, ye did endure much conflict of sufferings,
Hebrews 10 33
partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.
on the one hand, when ye were made a spectacle both in reproaches and afflictions; and
on the other, when ye became partakers with those who were passing through them.
partly both with reproaches and tribulations being made spectacles, and partly
having become partners of those so living,
Hebrews 10 34
For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods,
knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.
for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye
did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens,
and an enduring one.
Hebrews 10 35
Therefore don`t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense.
Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of
reward,
Hebrews 10 36
For you need patience, so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive
the promise.
for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the
promise,
Hebrews 10 37
"For yet a very little while, He who comes will come, and will not wait.
For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay.
for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;
Hebrews 10 38
But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in
him.
and `the righteous by faith shall live,` and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no
pleasure in him,`
Hebrews 10 39
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
But *we* are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving [the] soul.
and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a
preserving of soul.

Study Questions
What can animal blood NOT do? 10:1-7
 
By what covenant are we sanctified? 10:9,10
 
Under the new covenant, where will God's laws be? 10:16
 
How do we enter into the holiest? 10:19
 
Vengeance belongs to? 10:30