of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken
counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
049:031 Arise, go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells
without care, says Yahweh; that have neither gates nor bars,
that dwell alone.
049:032 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their
livestock a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who
have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring
their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
049:033 Hazor shall be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever:
no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of
man sojourn therein.
049:034 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,
in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
049:035 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
the chief of their might.
049:036 On Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters
of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds;
and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam
shall not come.
049:037 I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,
and before those who seek their life; and 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;
049:038 and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there
king and princes, says Yahweh.
049:039 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back
the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh.
050:001 The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land
of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
050:002 Declare you among the nations and publish, and set up
a standard; publish, and don't conceal: say, Babylon is taken,
Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images
are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.
050:003 For out of the north there comes up a nation against her,
which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein:
they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
050:004 In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children
of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together;
they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek
Yahweh their God.
050:005 They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned
toward it, [saying], Come you, and join yourselves to Yahweh
in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
050:006 My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused
them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains;
they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten
their resting place.
050:007 All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said,
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