“Has Israel no sons?
    Has Israel no heir?
Why then has Molek^[a](B) taken possession of Gad?^(C)
    Why do his people live in its towns?
² But the days are coming,”
    declares the Lord,
“when I will sound the battle cry^(D)
    against Rabbah^(E) of the Ammonites;
it will become a mound of ruins,^(F)
    and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.
Then Israel will drive out
    those who drove her out,^(G)”
says the Lord.
³ “Wail, Heshbon,^(H) for Ai^(I) is destroyed!
    Cry out, you inhabitants of Rabbah!
Put on sackcloth^(J) and mourn;
    rush here and there inside the walls,
for Molek^(K) will go into exile,^(L)
    together with his priests and officials.
⁴ Why do you boast of your valleys,
    boast of your valleys so fruitful?
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,^(M)
    you trust in your riches^(N) and say,
    ‘Who will attack me?’^(O)
5 I will bring terror on you
    from all those around you,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
“Every one of you will be driven away,
    and no one will gather the fugitives.^(P)

⁶ “Yet afterward, I will restore^(Q) the fortunes of the Ammonites,”
declares the Lord.

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?^(U)
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom decayed?
⁸ Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,^(V)
    you who live in Dedan,^(W)
for I will bring disaster on Esau
    at the time when I punish him.
⁹ If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?
If thieves came during the night,
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
¹⁰ But I will strip Esau bare;
    I will uncover his hiding places,^(X)
    so that he cannot conceal himself.
His armed men are destroyed,
    also his allies and neighbors,
    so there is no one^(Y) to say,
¹¹ ‘Leave your fatherless children;^(Z) I will keep them alive.
    Your widows^(AA) too can depend on me.’”

¹⁴ I have heard a message from the Lord;
    an envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Assemble yourselves to attack it!
    Rise up for battle!”

¹⁵ “Now I will make you small among the nations,
    despised by mankind.
¹⁶ The terror you inspire
    and the pride^(AI) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,^(AJ)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest^(AK) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
¹⁷ “Edom will become an object of horror;^(AL)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.^(AM)
18 As Sodom^(AN) and Gomorrah^(AO) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell^(AP) in it.

¹⁹ “Like a lion^(AQ) coming up from Jordan’s thickets^(AR)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like^(AS) me and who can challenge me?^(AT)
    And what shepherd^(AU) can stand against me?”

²⁰ Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Edom,^(AV)
    what he has purposed^(AW) against those who live in Teman:^(AX)
The young of the flock^(AY) will be dragged away;
    their pasture will be appalled at their fate.^(AZ)
21 At the sound of their fall the earth will tremble;^(BA)
    their cry^(BB) will resound to the Red Sea.^[c]
22 Look! An eagle will soar and swoop^(BC) down,
    spreading its wings over Bozrah.^(BD)
In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors^(BE)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.^(BF)

“Hamath^(BH) and Arpad^(BI) are dismayed,
    for they have heard bad news.
They are disheartened,
    troubled like^[d] the restless sea.^(BJ)
24 Damascus has become feeble,
    she has turned to flee
    and panic has gripped her;
anguish and pain have seized her,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(BK)
25 Why has the city of renown not been abandoned,
    the town in which I delight?
²⁶ Surely, her young men^(BL) will fall in the streets;
    all her soldiers will be silenced^(BM) in that day,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
²⁷ “I will set fire^(BN) to the walls of Damascus;^(BO)
    it will consume^(BP) the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.^(BQ)”

“Arise, and attack Kedar
    and destroy the people of the East.^(BU)
29 Their tents and their flocks^(BV) will be taken;
    their shelters will be carried off
    with all their goods and camels.
People will shout to them,
    ‘Terror^(BW) on every side!’

³⁰ “Flee quickly away!
    Stay in deep caves,^(BX) you who live in Hazor,^(BY)”
declares the Lord.
“Nebuchadnezzar^(BZ) king of Babylon has plotted against you;
    he has devised a plan against you.

³¹ “Arise and attack a nation at ease,
    which lives in confidence,”
declares the Lord,
“a nation that has neither gates nor bars;^(CA)
    its people live far from danger.
³² Their camels^(CB) will become plunder,
    and their large herds^(CC) will be spoils of war.
I will scatter to the winds^(CD) those who are in distant places^[e](CE)
    and will bring disaster on them from every side,”
declares the Lord.
³³ “Hazor^(CF) will become a haunt of jackals,^(CG)
    a desolate^(CH) place forever.
No one will live there;
    no people will dwell^(CI) in it.”

²⁸ Is this man Jehoiachin^(G) a despised, broken pot,^(H)
    an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled^(I) out,
    cast into a land^(J) they do not know?
²⁹ O land,^(K) land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!
³⁰ This is what the Lord says:
“Record this man as if childless,^(L)
    a man who will not prosper^(M) in his lifetime,
for none of his offspring^(N) will prosper,
    none will sit on the throne^(O) of David
    or rule anymore in Judah.”

⁵ “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David^[c] a righteous Branch,^(AA)
a King^(AB) who will reign^(AC) wisely
    and do what is just and right^(AD) in the land.
⁶ In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.^(AE)
This is the name^(AF) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.^(AG)

My heart^(AK) is broken within me;
    all my bones tremble.^(AL)
I am like a drunken man,
    like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and his holy words.^(AM)
10 The land is full of adulterers;^(AN)
    because of the curse^[d](AO) the land lies parched
    and the pastures^(AP) in the wilderness are withered.^(AQ)
The prophets follow an evil course
    and use their power unjustly.

¹¹ “Both prophet and priest are godless;^(AR)
    even in my temple^(AS) I find their wickedness,”
declares the Lord.
¹² “Therefore their path will become slippery;^(AT)
    they will be banished to darkness
    and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
    in the year they are punished,^(AU)”
declares the Lord.

¹³ “Among the prophets of Samaria
    I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal^(AV)
    and led my people Israel astray.^(AW)
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen something horrible:^(AX)
    They commit adultery and live a lie.^(AY)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,^(AZ)
    so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.^(BA)
They are all like Sodom^(BB) to me;
    the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”^(BC)

“I will make them eat bitter food
    and drink poisoned water,^(BD)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness^(BE) has spread throughout the land.”

“Do not listen^(BF) to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
    they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions^(BG) from their own minds,
    not from the mouth^(BH) of the Lord.
¹⁷ They keep saying^(BI) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’^(BJ)
And to all who follow the stubbornness^(BK) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm^(BL) will come to you.’
¹⁸ But which of them has stood in the council^(BM) of the Lord
    to see or to hear his word?
    Who has listened and heard his word?
¹⁹ See, the storm^(BN) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind^(BO) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.
²⁰ The anger^(BP) of the Lord will not turn back^(BQ)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand it clearly.
²¹ I did not send^(BR) these prophets,
    yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
    yet they have prophesied.
²² But if they had stood in my council,^(BS)
    they would have proclaimed^(BT) my words to my people
and would have turned^(BU) them from their evil ways
    and from their evil deeds.^(BV)

²³ “Am I only a God nearby,^(BW)”
declares the Lord,
    “and not a God far away?
²⁴ Who can hide^(BX) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”^(BY)
declares the Lord.