1 About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns?
2 Because of this, see, the days are coming when I will have a cry of war sounded against Rabbah, the town of the children of Ammon; it will become a waste of broken walls, and her daughter-towns will be burned with fire: then Israel will take the heritage of those who took his heritage, says the Lord.
3 Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests.
4 Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?
5 See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on every side; you will be forced out, every man straight before him, and there will be no one to get together the wanderers.
6 But after these things, I will let the fate of the children of Ammon be changed, says the Lord.
7 About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?
8 Go in flight, go back, take cover in deep places, you who are living in Dedan; for I will send the fate of Edom on him, even the time of his punishment.
9 If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough?
10 I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours.
11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
12 For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup.
13 For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.
14 Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come together and go up against her, and take your places for the fight.
15 For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men.
16 ... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.
17 And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.
18 As at the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns, says the Lord, no man will be living in it, no son of man will have a resting-place there.
19 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?
20 For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman: Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.
21 The earth is shaking with the noise of their fall; their cry is sounding in the Red Sea.
22 See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the hearts of Edom's men of war on that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.
23 About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.
24 Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrows have come on her, as on a woman in birth-pains.
25 How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!
26 So her young men will be falling in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord of armies.
27 And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.
28 About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame. This is what the Lord has said: Up! go against Kedar, and make an attack on the children of the east.
29 Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side.
30 Go in flight, go wandering far off, take cover in deep places, O people of Hazor, says the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a design against you, he has a purpose against you in mind.
31 Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.
32 And their camels will be taken from them by force, and their great herds will come into the hands of their attackers: those who have the ends of their hair cut I will send in flight to all the winds; and I will send their fate on them from every side, says the Lord.
33 And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.
34 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, saying,
35 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken.
36 And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those winds; there will be no nation into which the wanderers from Elam do not come.
37 And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against their lives: I will send evil on them, even my burning wrath, says the Lord; and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them:
38 I will put the seat of my power in Elam, and in Elam I will put an end to kings and rulers, says the Lord.
39 But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord.
1 论到亚扪， 耶和华这样说： "以色列没有子孙吗？没有后嗣吗？为什么米勒公竟承受了迦得为业呢？
2 因此， 看哪！ 日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告）， 我必使战争的吶喊声响起， 有敌人来攻击亚扪的拉巴； 拉巴必成为一片废墟， 属它的乡镇（"乡镇"原文作"女子"）必被火焚烧。那时以色列人必从侵略他们的人的手中收回土地。"这是耶和华说的。
3 "希实本哪， 你要哀号！ 因为艾城已被毁灭。拉巴的居民（"居民"原文作"女子"）， 你们要呼喊， 要腰束麻布， 要哀哭， 要在城墙内跑来跑去。因为米勒公， 以及事奉它的祭司和领袖， 都必一同被掳去。
4 背道的居民（"居民"原文作"女子"）哪！ 你们为什么因有山谷， 就是你们那肥沃的山谷而夸口呢？你们十分倚靠自己的财宝， 说： ‘有谁敢来攻击我们呢？’
5 看哪！ 我必使你们因四围的列国而恐慌， 这是主万军之耶和华的宣告； 你们必被赶逐， 各自逃命， 没有人把四散奔逃的人聚集起来。
6 但我日后必使被掳的亚扪人归回。"这是耶和华的宣告。
7 论到以东， 万军之耶和华这样说： "提幔再没有智慧吗？聪明人已经计穷才尽吗？他们的智慧都消失了吗？
8 底但的居民哪！ 你们要转身逃跑， 藏在隐蔽的地方， 因为我惩罚以扫的时候， 必使灾祸临到他身上。
9 收取葡萄的若来到你那里， 岂不剩下一些葡萄吗？盗贼若在夜间来到你那里， 岂不是只偷他们所要的吗（"岂不是只偷他们所要的吗"或译： "岂不毁坏直到够了吗"）？
10 但是我要使以扫赤裸， 揭露他藏匿的地方， 以致他不能隐藏。他的后裔、他的兄弟和他的邻居都必灭亡，
11 没有人会说： ‘你撇下你的孤儿， 我必使他们存活； 你的寡妇可以倚靠我。’"
12 耶和华这样说： "看哪！ 原不该喝那杯的， 尚且一定要喝， 难道你可以完全免受刑罚吗？你必不能免受刑罚， 你一定要喝那杯。
13 因为我曾指着自己起誓， 波斯拉必成为令人惊骇、被人羞辱和咒诅的对象； 它必变成荒野， 它一切的城镇都必永远变成荒场。"这是耶和华的宣告。
14 我从耶和华那里听见了一个信息， 有一位使者被派往列国去， 说： "你们要聚集去攻击以东， 要起来争战！ "
15 "看哪！ 我必使你在列国中成为弱小的， 在世人中被藐视。
16 你那令人战栗的威风， 你心中的傲气欺骗了你； 你这住在岩石的隐密处， 雄据山岭高处的啊！ 你虽如鹰在高处搭窝， 我也必把你从那里拉下来。"这是耶和华的宣告。
17 "以东必成为令人惊骇的地方； 每一个经过那里的， 都必因这地所遭受的一切创伤而惊骇， 并且嗤笑它。
18 以东必倾覆， 像所多玛、蛾摩拉， 和它们的城镇一样（这是耶和华说的）， 必没有人住在那里， 也必没有人在那里寄居。
19 看哪！ 狮子怎样从约旦河边的丛林走上来， 攻击常绿的牧场， 照样， 我必在眨眼之间把以东赶走， 使它离开这地； 谁蒙拣选， 我就派谁治理这地。谁能和我相比呢？谁可以把我传来审讯呢？哪一个牧人能在我面前站立得住呢？"
20 因此， 你们要听耶和华筹谋对付以东的计划， 和他为了提幔的居民所定下的策略。他们羊群中最小的也必被拉去， 他们的牧场也必因临到它们的灾祸而荒废。
21 因他们倒下的响声， 地就震动； 并且有哀叫的声音， 在红海那里也听得到。
22 看哪！ 必有一人像大鹰飞扑而来， 展开翅膀攻击波斯拉； 在那日， 以东勇士的心必惊慌， 像临产妇人的心一样。
23 论到大马士革， 耶和华说： "哈马和亚珥拔纷乱不安， 因为他们听到了坏消息； 他们的心融化， 焦虑慌张， 像不能平静的海洋。
24 大马士革失去勇气， 转身逃跑； 但恐慌抓住它， 忧虑痛苦把它捉住， 像正在生产的妇人的痛苦一样。
25 著名的城市， 我所欢喜的市镇， 怎么竟被撇弃呢！
26 它的年轻人必仆倒在它的街道上， 到那日， 所有的战士都必被消灭。"这是万军之耶和华的宣告。
27 "我要焚烧大马士革的城墙， 烧毁便．哈达的堡垒。"
28 论到巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒所击败的基达， 以及夏琐诸国， 耶和华这样说： "起来， 上去攻击基达， 消灭东方人！
29 夺去他们的帐棚和羊群， 带走他们的幔子、一切器具和骆驼； 人必向他们呼叫： ‘四围都是惊慌。’
30 夏琐的居民哪！ 你们要逃跑， 快快逃命， 藏在隐蔽的地方， 因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒筹谋计划对付你们， 定下策略攻击你们。"这是耶和华的宣告。
31 "起来！ 上去攻打那安逸无虑的国家（这是耶和华的宣告）； 这国没有城门， 也没有门闩； 他们是独自居住的。
32 他们的骆驼必成为掠物， 他们无数的牲畜必成为掳物。我必把那些剃除了鬓发的人分散到四方去， 我必使灾祸从四面八方临到他们。"这是耶和华的宣告。
33 "夏琐必成为野狗的巢穴， 永远荒凉； 必没有人住在那里， 也必没有人在那里寄居。"
34 犹大王西底家开始执政的时候， 耶和华论到以拦的话临到耶利米先知， 说：
35 "万军之耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我要折断以拦的弓， 就是他们战斗力强的武器。
36 我要使四风从天的四边刮到以拦身上， 把他们分散到四方， 以致没有一个国家没有以拦难民的踪迹。
37 我必使以拦人在他们的仇敌面前惊慌， 在寻索他们性命的人面前恐惧； 我必使灾祸， 就是我的烈怒， 临到他们身上； 我必差遣刀剑追赶他们， 直到把他们灭绝。"这是耶和华的宣告。
38 "我必在以拦设立我的宝座， 除灭那里的君王和领袖（这是耶和华的宣告）。
39 但日后我必使被掳的以拦人归回。"这是耶和华的宣告。