1 Of the children of Ammon. Yahweh says:
"Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then does Malcam possess Gad,
and his people dwell in its cities?
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 will become a desolate heap,
and her daughters will be burned with fire;
then Israel will possess those who possessed him,"
says Yahweh.
3 "Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourself in sackcloth.
Lament, and run back and forth among the fences;
for Malcam will go into captivity,
his priests and his princes together.
4 Why do you boast in the valleys,
your flowing valley, backsliding daughter?
You trusted in her treasures,
saying, ‘Who will come to me?’
5 Behold, I will bring a terror on you,"
says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
"from all who are around you.
All of you will be driven completely out,
and there will be no one to gather together the fugitives.
6 "But afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon,"
says Yahweh.
7 Of Edom, Yahweh of Armies says:
"Is wisdom no more in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom vanished?
8 Flee! Turn back!
Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan;
for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him when I visit him.
9 If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
If thieves came by night,
wouldn’t they steal until they had enough?
10 But I have made Esau bare,
I have uncovered his secret places,
and he will not be able to hide himself.
His offspring is destroyed,
with his brothers and his neighbors;
and he is no more.
11 Leave your fatherless children.
I will preserve them alive.
Let your widows trust in me."
12 For Yahweh says: "Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to drink of the cup will certainly drink; and are you he who will altogether go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished, but you will surely drink. 13 For I have sworn by myself," says Yahweh, "that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be perpetual wastes."
14 I have heard news from Yahweh,
and an ambassador is sent among the nations,
saying, "Gather yourselves together!
Come against her!
Rise up to the battle!"
15 "For, behold, I have made you small among the nations,
and despised among men.
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.
17 "Edom will become an astonishment.
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished,
and will hiss at all its plagues.
18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities," says Yahweh,
"no man will dwell there,
neither will any son of man live therein.
19 "Behold, he will 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,
I will appoint him over it.
For who is like me?
Who will appoint me a time?
Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?"
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 will drag them away,
the little ones of the flock.
Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
21 The earth trembles at the noise of their fall;
there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
22 Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle,
and spread out his wings against Bozrah.
The heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23 Of Damascus:
"Hamath and Arpad are confounded,
for they have heard evil news.
They have melted away.
There is sorrow on the sea.
It can’t be quiet.
24 Damascus has grown feeble,
she turns herself to flee,
and trembling has seized her.
Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as of a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not forsaken,
the city of my joy?
26 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,
and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,"
says Yahweh of Armies.
27 "I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad."
28 Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck, Yahweh says:
"Arise, go up to Kedar,
and destroy the children of the east.
29 They will take their tents and their flocks.
they will carry away for themselves their curtains,
all their vessels, and their camels;
and they will cry to them, ‘Terror on every side!’
30 Flee!
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.
31 Arise! Go up to a nation that is at ease,
that dwells without care," says Yahweh;
"that has neither gates nor bars,
that dwells alone.
32 Their camels will be a booty,
and the multitude of their livestock a plunder.
I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off;
and I will bring their calamity from every side of them,"
says Yahweh.
33 Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals,
a desolation forever.
No man will dwell there,
neither will any son of man live therein."
34 Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 "Yahweh of Armies says:
‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
the chief of their might.
36 I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky,
and will scatter them toward all those winds.
There will be no nation where the outcasts of Elam will not come.
37 I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,
and before those who seek their life.
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.
38 I will set my throne in Elam,
and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says Yahweh.
39 ‘But it will happen in the latter days
that I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says Yahweh."
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。