Verse 24
Jeremiah 49:24
World English Bible, British Edition
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רָפְתָ֥ה דַמֶּ֛שֶׂק הִפְנְתָ֥ה לָ/נ֖וּס וְ/רֶ֣טֶט הֶחֱזִ֑יקָה צָרָ֧ה וַ/חֲבָלִ֛ים אֲחָזַ֖תָּ/ה כַּ/יּוֹלֵדָֽה
English Translation
Raphah is Damascus; it has turned to flight, and trembling has seized it; distress and pangs have taken hold of it like a woman in labor.
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Chapter 49 Context
1
Of the children of Ammon. The LORD says:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then does Malcam p...
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2
Therefore behold, the days come,”
says the LORD,
“that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard agai...
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3
“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourself in sackcloth.
La...
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4
Why do you boast in the valleys,
your flowing valley, backsliding daughter?
You trusted in her treas...
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5
Behold, I will bring a terror on you,”
says the Lord, the LORD of Armies,
“from all who are around y...
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6
“But afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children
of Ammon,”
says the LORD.
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7
Of Edom, the LORD of Armies says:
“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent...
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8
Flee! Turn back!
Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan;
for I will bring the calamity of Esau on...
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9
If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
If thieves came by night,...
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10
But I have made Esau bare,
I have uncovered his secret places,
and he will not be able to hide himse...
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11
Leave your fatherless children.
I will preserve them alive.
Let your widows trust in me.”
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12
For the LORD says: “Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to
drink of the cup will certainly drink;...
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13
For I have sworn by myself,” says the LORD, “that Bozrah will become
an astonishment, a reproach, a...
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14
I have heard news from the LORD,
and an ambassador is sent amongst the nations,
saying, “Gather your...
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15
“For, behold, I have made you small amongst the nations,
and despised amongst men.
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16
As for your terror,
the pride of your heart has deceived you,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the r...
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17
“Edom will become an astonishment.
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished,
and will hiss at al...
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18
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbour
cities,” says the LORD,
“no man will dwe...
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19
“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of
the Jordan against the strong habitation;
for...
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20
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against
Edom,
and his purposes that he has...
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21
The earth trembles at the noise of their fall;
there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red S...
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22
Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle,
and spread out his wings against Bozrah.
The heart of...
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23
Of Damascus:
“Hamath and Arpad are confounded,
for they have heard evil news.
They have melted away....
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24
Damascus has grown feeble,
she turns herself to flee,
and trembling has seized her.
Anguish and sorr...
25
How is the city of praise not forsaken,
the city of my joy?
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26
Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,
and all the men of war will be brought to silence...
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27
“I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.”
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28
Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon struck, The LORD says:...
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29
They will take their tents and their flocks.
they will carry away for themselves their curtains,
all...
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30
Flee!
Wander far off!
Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says the LORD;
“for Nebuchadne...
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31
Arise! Go up to a nation that is at ease,
that dwells without care,” says the LORD;
“that has neithe...
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32
Their camels will be a booty,
and the multitude of their livestock a plunder.
I will scatter to all...
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33
Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals,
a desolation forever.
No man will dwell there,
neither wi...
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34
The LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning
Elam, in the beginning of the reign of...
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35
“The LORD of Armies says:
‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
the chief of their might.
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36
I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of
the sky,
and will scatter them towards...
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37
I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,
and before those who seek their life.
I will...
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38
I will set my throne in Elam,
and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says the LORD.
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39
‘But it will happen in the latter days
that I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says the LORD.”
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