Chapter 30
Jeremiah · Prophet Jeremiah
¹ Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord; There is no longer wisdom in Tema, counsel has perished from the wise ones, their wisdom is gone, ² their place has been deceived. Dig deep for a dwelling, ye that inhabit Dedan, for he has wrought grievously: I brought trouble upon him in the time at which I visited him. ³ For grape-gatherers are come, who shall not leave thee a remnant; as thieves by night, they shall lay their hand upon [thy possessions].
Jer 30:1-3
⁴ For I have stripped Esau, I have uncovered their secret places; they shall have no power to hide themselves, they have perished [each] by the hand of his brother, my neighbor, and it is impossible ⁵ for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me.
Jer 30:4-5
⁶ For thus saith the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk [it]; and thou shalt by no means be cleared: ⁷ for by myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, that thou shalt be in the midst of her an impassable [land], and a reproach, and a curse; and all her cities shall be desert forever.
Jer 30:6-7
⁸ I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent messengers to the nations, [saying], Assemble yourselves, and come against her; rise ye up to war. ⁹ I have made thee small among the nations, utterly contemptible among men. ¹⁰ Thine insolence has risen up against thee, the fierceness of thy heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high: thence will I bring thee down.
Jer 30:8-10
¹¹ And Edom shall be a desert: everyone that passes by shall hiss at it. ¹² As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrah and they that sojourned in her, saith the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man inhabit there. ¹³ Behold, he shall come up as a lion out of the midst of Jordan to the place of Aetham: for I will speedily drive them from it, and do ye set the young men against her: for who is like me? and who will withstand me? and who [is] this shepherd, who shall confront me?
Jer 30:11-13
¹⁴ Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has framed against Edom; and his device, which he has devised against the inhabitants of Teman: surely the least of the sheep shall be swept off; surely their dwelling shall be made desolate for them. ¹⁵ For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard. ¹⁶ Behold, he shall look [upon her] as an eagle, and spread forth [his] wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jer 30:14-16
¹⁷ Concerning the sons of Ammon thus saith the Lord, Are there no sons in Israel? or have they no one to succeed [them]? wherefore has Milcom inherited Gilead, and why shall their people dwell in their cities? ¹⁸ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will cause to be heard in Rabbah a tumult of wars; and they shall become a waste and ruined place, and her altars shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel succeed to his dominion. ¹⁹ Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai has perished; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament; for Milcom shall go into banishment, his priests and his princes together.
Jer 30:17-19
²⁰ Why do ye exult in the plains of the Enakim, thou haughty daughter, that trustest in [thy] treasures, that sayest, Who shall come in to me? ²¹ Behold, I [will] bring terror upon thee, saith the Lord, from all the country round about thee; and ye shall be scattered every one right before him, and there is none to gather you.
Jer 30:20-21
²³ Concerning Kedar the queen of the palace, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote, thus saith the Lord;
Jer 30:23
²⁴ They shall take their tents and their sheep, they shall take for themselves their garments, and all their baggage and their camels; and summon ye destruction against them from every side. ²⁵ Flee ye, dig very deep for a dwelling place, ye that dwell in the palace; for the king of Babylon has framed a counsel, and devised a device against you.
Jer 30:24-25
²⁶ Rise up, and go up against a nation settled [and] dwelling at ease, who have no doors, nor bolts, nor bars, [who] dwell alone. ²⁷ And their camels shall be a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle shall be destroyed: and I will scatter them as chaff with every wind, having their hair cut about their foreheads, I will bring on their overthrow from all sides, saith the Lord. ²⁸ And the palace shall be a resting place for ostriches, and desolate forever: no man shall abide there, and no son of man shall dwell there.
Jer 30:26-28
²⁹ Concerning Damascus. Hamath is brought to shame, and Arpad: for they have heard an evil report: they are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest. ³⁰ Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has seized upon her. ³¹ How has she not left my city, they have loved the village?
Jer 30:29-31