1 This is what the Lord says about the people of Ammon:
2 That is why the days are coming, declares the Lord,
3 Cry loudly, Heshbon, because Ai is destroyed.
4 Why do you brag about your valleys,
5 I am going to bring terror on you from all around,
6 But afterward, I will return the captives of Ammon, declares the Lord.
7 This is what the Lord of Armies says about Edom:
8 Turn and run.
9 If people come to pick your grapes,
10 Yet, I will strip the descendants of Esau.
11 “Abandon your orphans, and I will keep them alive.
12 This is what the Lord says: If those who don’t deserve to drink from the cup still drink from it, why should you go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished. You must drink from it.
13 I take an oath on myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah will become a pile of rubble. It will become something horrifying, ridiculed, ruined, and cursed. All its cities will lie in ruins permanently.
14 I heard a message from the Lord.
15 “Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations
16 You have frightened other people.
17 “Then Edom will become something horrible.
18 Edom will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighboring cities
19 “I will suddenly chase them from their places
20 Listen to the plans that the Lord is making against Edom
21 The earth will quake at the sound of their downfall.
22 The enemy will swoop down like eagles
23 This is a message about Damascus.
24 The people of Damascus are weak.
25 Why isn’t that famous, happy city abandoned?
26 That is why its young men will die in the streets,
27 “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus
28 This is about the tribe of Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated. This is what the Lord says:
29 Their tents and their flocks will be taken.
30 Run far away! Find a place to hide,
31 Get ready! Attack the nation living peacefully and securely,
32 Their camels will be taken as prizes.
33 Hazor will be a place where only jackals live.
34 Early in the rule of King Zedekiah of Judah, the Lord spoke his word to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam.
35 This is what the Lord of Armies says:
36 I’ll bring the four winds
37 I’ll defeat the people of Elam in the presence of their enemies,
38 I’ll set my throne in Elam and destroy its king and officials,
39 But afterward, I’ll return the captives of Elam, declares the Lord.