Verse 25
Jeremiah 49:25
Bible in Basic English
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How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֵ֥יךְ לֹֽא עֻזְּבָ֖ה עִ֣יר תהלה תְּהִלָּ֑ת קִרְיַ֖ת מְשׂוֹשִֽׂ/י
English Translation
How has the city of praise not been abandoned, the town of rejoicing?
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Chapter 49 Context
1
About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to t...
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2
Because of this, see, the days are coming when I will have a cry of war sounded against Rabbah, the...
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3
Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put h...
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4
Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turn...
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5
See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on eve...
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6
But after these things, I will let the fate of the children of Ammon be changed, says the Lord.
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7
About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise su...
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8
Go in flight, go back, take cover in deep places, you who are living in Dedan; for I will send the f...
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9
If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by ni...
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10
I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered:...
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11
Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put...
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12
For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of...
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13
For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name...
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14
Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come t...
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15
For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men.
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16
... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, k...
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17
And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make...
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18
As at the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns, says the Lord, no man will be...
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19
See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman:...
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20
For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purpo...
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21
The earth is shaking with the noise of their fall; their cry is sounding in the Red Sea.
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22
See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart...
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23
About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, thei...
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24
Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrow...
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25
How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!
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So her young men will be falling in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off in that day,...
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27
And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.
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28
About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame. This is what...
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29
Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and a...
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30
Go in flight, go wandering far off, take cover in deep places, O people of Hazor, says the Lord; for...
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31
Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, withou...
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32
And their camels will be taken from them by force, and their great herds will come into the hands of...
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33
And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of m...
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34
The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king...
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35
This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, br...
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36
And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those w...
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37
And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against t...
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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...
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39
But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord...
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