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NOVEMBER 1
If thieves by night,
November 1 Would they not destroy until they have
enough?
10 But I have made Esau bare;
I have uncovered his secret places,
Jeremiah 49:1–50:46
And he shall not be able to hide
Against the Ammonites. himself.
49 Thus says the LORD: His descendants are plundered,
His brethren and his neighbors,
“Has Israel no sons? And he is no more.
Has he no heir? 11 Leave your fatherless children,
Why then does Milcom inherit Gad, I will preserve them alive;
And his people dwell in its cities?
Therefore behold, the days are
2 And let your widows trust in Me.”
coming,” says the LORD, 12 For thus says the LORD: “Behold, those whose
“That I will cause to be heard an alarm judgment was not to drink of the cup have
of war assuredly drunk. And are you the one who will
In Rabbah of the Ammonites; altogether go unpunished? You shall not go
It shall be a desolate mound, unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.
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And her villages shall be burned For I have sworn by Myself,” says the LORD,
with fire. “that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a
Then Israel shall take possession reproach, a waste, and a curse. And all its cities
of his inheritance,” says the LORD. shall be perpetual wastes.”
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3 I have heard a message from the LORD,
“Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah, And an ambassador has been sent to
the nations:
Gird yourselves with sackcloth! “Gather together, come against her,
Lament and run to and fro by the walls; And rise up to battle!
For Milcom shall go into captivity
With his priests and his princes together. 15 “For indeed, I will make you small
Why do you boast in the valleys,
4 among nations,
Your flowing valley, O backsliding Despised among men.
daughter? 16 Your fierceness has deceived you,
Who trusted in her treasures, saying, The pride of your heart,
‘Who will come against me?’ O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
5 Who hold the height of the hill!
Behold, I will bring fear upon you,”
Says the Lord GOD of hosts, Though you make your nest as high
“From all those who are around you; as the eagle,
You shall be driven out, everyone I will bring you down from there,”
headlong, says the LORD.
And no one will gather those who 17 “Edom also shall be an astonishment;
wander off. Everyone who goes by it will be
But afterward I will bring back astonished
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The captives of the people of Ammon,” And will hiss at all its plagues.
says the LORD. 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and
Gomorrah
Against Edom. And their neighbors,” says the LORD,
7
Thus says the LORD of hosts: “No one shall remain there,
“Is wisdom no more in Teman? Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.
Has counsel perished from the prudent? 19 “Behold, he shall come up like a lion
Has their wisdom vanished? from the floodplain of the Jordan
Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, Against the dwelling place of the
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O inhabitants of Dedan! strong;
For I will bring the calamity of Esau But I will suddenly make him run away
upon him, from her.
The time that I will punish him. And who is a chosen man that I may
If grape-gatherers came to you, appoint over her?
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Would they not leave some gleaning For who is like Me?
grapes? Who will arraign Me?

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