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Jeremiah 49 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:1 - (LXX 30:17) Concerning the sons of Ammon thus saith the Lord, Are there no sons in Israel? or have they no one to succeed them? wherefore has Melchol inherited Galaad, and why shall their people dwell in their cities?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:2 - (LXX 30:18) Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will cause to be heard in Rabbath a tumult of wars; and they shall become a waste and ruined place, and her altars shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel succeed to his dominion.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - (LXX 30:19) Howl, O Esebon, for Gai has perished; cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament; for Melchol shall go into banishment, his priests and his princes together.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:4 - (LXX 30:20) Why do ye exult in the plains of the Enakim, thou haughty daughter, that trustest in thy treasures, that sayest, Who shall come in to me?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5 - (LXX 30:21) Behold, I will bring terror upon thee, saith the Lord, from all the country round about thee; and ye shall be scattered every one right before him, and there is none to gather you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 - (LXX 30:1) Concerning Idumea, thus saith the Lord; There is no longer wisdom in Thæman, counsel has perished from the wise ones, their wisdom is gone,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:8 - (LXX 30:2) their place has been deceived. Dig deep for a dwelling, ye that inhabit Dædam, for he has wrought grievously: I brought trouble upon him in the time at which I visited him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9 - (LXX 30:3) For grape-gatherers are come, who shall not leave thee a remnant; as thieves by night, they shall lay their hand upon thy possessions.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:10 - (LXX 30:4) For I have stripped Esau, I have uncovered their secret places; they shall have no power to hide themselves, they have perished each by the hand of his brother, my neighbour, and it is impossible
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 - (LXX 30:5) for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - (LXX 30:6) For thus saith the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk it; and thou shalt by no means be cleared:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:13 - (LXX 30:7) for by myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, that thou shalt be in the midst of her an impassable land, and a reproach, and a curse; and all her cities shall be desert for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14 - (LXX 30:8) I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent messengers to the nations, saying, Assemble yourselves, and come against her; rise ye up to war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15 - (LXX 30:9) I have made thee small among the nations, utterly contemptible among men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - (LXX 30:10) Thine insolence has risen up against thee, the fierceness of thine heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high: thence will I bring thee down.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:17 - (LXX 30:11) And Idumea shall be a desert: every one that passes by shall hiss at it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - (LXX 30:12) As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha and they that sojourned in her, saith the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man inhabit there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - (LXX 30:13) Behold, he shall come up as a lion out of the midst of Jordan to the place of Ætham: for I will speedily drive them from it, and do ye set the young men against her: for who is like me? and who will withstand me? and who is this shepherd, who shall confront me?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - (LXX 30:14) Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has framed against Idumea; and his device, which he has devised against the inhabitants of Thæman: surely the least of the sheep shall be swept off; surely their dwelling shall be made desolate for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:21 - (LXX 30:15) For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - (LXX 30:16) Behold, he shall look upon her as an eagle, and spread forth his wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Idumea shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 - (LXX 30:29) Concerning Damascus. Emath is brought to shame, and Arphath: for they have heard an evil report: they are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - (LXX 30:30) Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has seized upon her.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25 - (LXX 30:31) How has she not left my city, they have loved the village?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:26 - (LXX 30:32) Therefore shall the young men fall in thy streets, and all thy warriors shall fall, saith the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:27 - (LXX 30:33) And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the streets of the son of Ader.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - (LXX 30:23) Concerning Kedar the Queen of the Palace, whom Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon smote, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, and go up to Kedar, and fill the sons of Kedem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29 - (LXX 30:24) They shall take their tents and their sheep, they shall take for themselves their garments, and all their baggage and their camels; and summon ye destruction against them from every side.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 - (LXX 30:25) Flee ye, dig very deep for a dwelling-place, ye that dwell in the palace; for the king of Babylon has framed a counsel, and devised a device against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:31 - (LXX 30:26) Rise up, and go up against a nation settled and dwelling at ease, who have no doors, nor bolts, nor bars, who dwell alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - (LXX 30:27) And their camels shall be a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle shall be destroyed: and I will scatter them as chaff with every wind, having their hair cut about their foreheads, I will bring on their overthrow from all sides, saith the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33 - (LXX 30:28) And the palace shall be a resting-place for ostriches, and desolate for ever: no man shall abide there, and no son of man shall dwell there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 - (LXX 25:20) In the beginning of the reign of king Sedekias, there came this word concerning Ælam.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - (LXX 25:15) Thus saith the Lord, The bow of Ælam is broken, even the chief of their power.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - (LXX 25:16) And I will bring upon Ælam the four winds from the four corners of heaven, and I will disperse them toward all these winds; and there shall be no nation to which they shall not come—even the outcasts of Ælam.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - (LXX 25:17) And I will put them in fear before their enemies that seek their life; and I will bring evils upon them according to my great anger; and I will send forth my sword after them, until I have utterly destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 - (LXX 25:18) And I will set my throne in Ælam, and will send forth thence king and rulers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39 - (LXX 25:19) But it shall come to pass at the end of days, that I will turn the captivity of Ælam, saith the Lord.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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