1 This|strong="H3541" message|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0369" about|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Ammonites|strong="H5983". This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559":
2 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" time|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" Rabbah|strong="H7237" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983"
3 “People|strong="H1473" in|strong="H4428" Heshbon|strong="H2809", cry|strong="H6817" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" town of|strong="H4428" Ai|strong="H5857" is|strong="H4428" destroyed|strong="H7703"!
4 You|strong="H0935" brag about|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0935" strength,
5 But|strong="H0369" this|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136" All-Powerful says|strong="H5002":
6 “The|strong="H0853" Ammonites|strong="H5983" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1121" taken away|strong="H7725" as|strong="H3068" captives. But|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" time will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" Ammonites|strong="H5983" back|strong="H7725".” This|strong="H3651" message|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".
7 This|strong="H3541" message|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0369" about|strong="H3541" Edom|strong="H0123". This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful says|strong="H0559":
8 You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Dedan|strong="H1719", run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" and|strong="H0935" hide,
9 “Workers pick|strong="H1219" grapes from|strong="H0935" grapevines,
10 But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0369" take everything from|strong="H1540" Esau|strong="H6215".
11 No one will|strong="H0589" be left|strong="H5800" to|strong="H5921" care|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" children|strong="H3490".
12 This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559": “Some|strong="H2009" people|strong="H0834" don’t|strong="H3808" deserve|strong="H4941" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" punished, but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" suffer. But|strong="H3588", Edom, you|strong="H0859" deserve|strong="H4941" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" punished, so|strong="H3541" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" really|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" punished. You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" escape the|strong="H0559" punishment|strong="H5352" you|strong="H0859" deserve|strong="H4941". You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" punished.”
13 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “By|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" power, I|strong="H3588" make|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H7650": I|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" Bozrah|strong="H1224" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H8047". It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ruined|strong="H2723" pile of|strong="H3068" rocks. People will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" example|strong="H7045" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" ask for|strong="H3588" bad things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". People will|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2781" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" around Bozrah|strong="H1224" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" ruins|strong="H2723" forever|strong="H5769".”
14 I|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" message|strong="H8052" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068":
15 Edom, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" make|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" become unimportant.
16 Edom, you|strong="H3588" made|strong="H5377" other nations afraid,
17 “Edom|strong="H0123" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H8047".
18 Edom will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" destroyed like|strong="H3808" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H1121" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" towns around them|strong="H3427".
19 “Sometimes a|strong="H3588" lion|strong="H0738" will|strong="H4310" come|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" thick bushes near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H3588". And|strong="H6440" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" fields where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" put|strong="H6485" their|strong="H5921" sheep|strong="H5927" and|strong="H6440" cattle. I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H6485" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H0834" lion|strong="H0738". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Edom. And|strong="H6440" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H4310" frighten the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H0834" and|strong="H6440" make|strong="H3588" them|strong="H0413" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H5927". None of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H5921" young men|strong="H6485" will|strong="H4310" stop|strong="H5975" me|strong="H0413". No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H0413". No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H2088" will|strong="H4310" challenge me|strong="H0413". None of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H5921" leaders will|strong="H4310" stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413".”
20 So|strong="H3651" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H0518" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0123".
21 At|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8085" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0776" Edom’s fall|strong="H5307", the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H0776" shake|strong="H7493".
22 Just as|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" eagle|strong="H5404" flies|strong="H1675" high to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H2009" the|strong="H5921" animal|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5927",
23 This|strong="H3588" message|strong="H8052" is|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3588" city of|strong="H8085" Damascus|strong="H1834":
24 The|strong="H3205" city of|strong="H3205" Damascus|strong="H1834" has|strong="H3205" become|strong="H3205" weak.
25 “Damascus is|strong="H8416" a|strong="H3808" happy city|strong="H5892".
26 So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H0970" men|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H5307" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" public squares|strong="H7339" of|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931".
27 “I will|strong="H0784" set|strong="H3341" the|strong="H0398" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Damascus|strong="H1834" on|strong="H3341" fire|strong="H0784".
28 This|strong="H3541" message|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" about|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" tribe of|strong="H1121" Kedar|strong="H6938" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" rulers of|strong="H1121" Hazor|strong="H2674". King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413". This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559":
29 Their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6629" flocks|strong="H6629" will|strong="H6629" be|strong="H3605" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5375".
30 Run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" quickly|strong="H3966"!
31 “There|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5927" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3068" feels so|strong="H3808" safe and|strong="H6965" secure|strong="H0983"
32 “Their|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" are|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0935" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" battle.
33 “Hazor|strong="H2674" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" home for|strong="H8033" wild dogs, an|strong="H1961" empty desert forever|strong="H5769".
34 Early|strong="H7225" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" time|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", Jeremiah|strong="H3414" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" received|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" nation of|strong="H4428" Elam|strong="H5867".
35 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful says|strong="H0559",
36 I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" four|strong="H0702" winds|strong="H7307" against|strong="H0413" Elam|strong="H5867".
37 I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" break|strong="H2865" Elam|strong="H5867" to|strong="H0935" pieces while|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" are|strong="H3068" watching.
38 I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7760" Elam|strong="H5867" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" control,
39 “But|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" future|strong="H0319" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7725" good things|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" Elam|strong="H5867".”