1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. 6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. 22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. 27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. 31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. 32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: 38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
1 论到亚扪， 耶和华这样说： "以色列没有子孙吗？没有后嗣吗？为什么米勒公竟承受了迦得为业呢？
2 因此， 看哪！ 日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告）， 我必使战争的吶喊声响起， 有敌人来攻击亚扪的拉巴； 拉巴必成为一片废墟， 属它的乡镇（"乡镇"原文作"女子"）必被火焚烧。那时以色列人必从侵略他们的人的手中收回土地。"这是耶和华说的。
3 "希实本哪， 你要哀号！ 因为艾城已被毁灭。拉巴的居民（"居民"原文作"女子"）， 你们要呼喊， 要腰束麻布， 要哀哭， 要在城墙内跑来跑去。因为米勒公， 以及事奉它的祭司和领袖， 都必一同被掳去。
4 背道的居民（"居民"原文作"女子"）哪！ 你们为什么因有山谷， 就是你们那肥沃的山谷而夸口呢？你们十分倚靠自己的财宝， 说： ‘有谁敢来攻击我们呢？’
5 看哪！ 我必使你们因四围的列国而恐慌， 这是主万军之耶和华的宣告； 你们必被赶逐， 各自逃命， 没有人把四散奔逃的人聚集起来。
6 但我日后必使被掳的亚扪人归回。"这是耶和华的宣告。
7 论到以东， 万军之耶和华这样说： "提幔再没有智慧吗？聪明人已经计穷才尽吗？他们的智慧都消失了吗？
8 底但的居民哪！ 你们要转身逃跑， 藏在隐蔽的地方， 因为我惩罚以扫的时候， 必使灾祸临到他身上。
9 收取葡萄的若来到你那里， 岂不剩下一些葡萄吗？盗贼若在夜间来到你那里， 岂不是只偷他们所要的吗（"岂不是只偷他们所要的吗"或译： "岂不毁坏直到够了吗"）？
10 但是我要使以扫赤裸， 揭露他藏匿的地方， 以致他不能隐藏。他的后裔、他的兄弟和他的邻居都必灭亡，
11 没有人会说： ‘你撇下你的孤儿， 我必使他们存活； 你的寡妇可以倚靠我。’"
12 耶和华这样说： "看哪！ 原不该喝那杯的， 尚且一定要喝， 难道你可以完全免受刑罚吗？你必不能免受刑罚， 你一定要喝那杯。
13 因为我曾指着自己起誓， 波斯拉必成为令人惊骇、被人羞辱和咒诅的对象； 它必变成荒野， 它一切的城镇都必永远变成荒场。"这是耶和华的宣告。
14 我从耶和华那里听见了一个信息， 有一位使者被派往列国去， 说： "你们要聚集去攻击以东， 要起来争战！ "
15 "看哪！ 我必使你在列国中成为弱小的， 在世人中被藐视。
16 你那令人战栗的威风， 你心中的傲气欺骗了你； 你这住在岩石的隐密处， 雄据山岭高处的啊！ 你虽如鹰在高处搭窝， 我也必把你从那里拉下来。"这是耶和华的宣告。
17 "以东必成为令人惊骇的地方； 每一个经过那里的， 都必因这地所遭受的一切创伤而惊骇， 并且嗤笑它。
18 以东必倾覆， 像所多玛、蛾摩拉， 和它们的城镇一样（这是耶和华说的）， 必没有人住在那里， 也必没有人在那里寄居。
19 看哪！ 狮子怎样从约旦河边的丛林走上来， 攻击常绿的牧场， 照样， 我必在眨眼之间把以东赶走， 使它离开这地； 谁蒙拣选， 我就派谁治理这地。谁能和我相比呢？谁可以把我传来审讯呢？哪一个牧人能在我面前站立得住呢？"
20 因此， 你们要听耶和华筹谋对付以东的计划， 和他为了提幔的居民所定下的策略。他们羊群中最小的也必被拉去， 他们的牧场也必因临到它们的灾祸而荒废。
21 因他们倒下的响声， 地就震动； 并且有哀叫的声音， 在红海那里也听得到。
22 看哪！ 必有一人像大鹰飞扑而来， 展开翅膀攻击波斯拉； 在那日， 以东勇士的心必惊慌， 像临产妇人的心一样。
23 论到大马士革， 耶和华说： "哈马和亚珥拔纷乱不安， 因为他们听到了坏消息； 他们的心融化， 焦虑慌张， 像不能平静的海洋。
24 大马士革失去勇气， 转身逃跑； 但恐慌抓住它， 忧虑痛苦把它捉住， 像正在生产的妇人的痛苦一样。
25 著名的城市， 我所欢喜的市镇， 怎么竟被撇弃呢！
26 它的年轻人必仆倒在它的街道上， 到那日， 所有的战士都必被消灭。"这是万军之耶和华的宣告。
27 "我要焚烧大马士革的城墙， 烧毁便．哈达的堡垒。"
28 论到巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒所击败的基达， 以及夏琐诸国， 耶和华这样说： "起来， 上去攻击基达， 消灭东方人！
29 夺去他们的帐棚和羊群， 带走他们的幔子、一切器具和骆驼； 人必向他们呼叫： ‘四围都是惊慌。’
30 夏琐的居民哪！ 你们要逃跑， 快快逃命， 藏在隐蔽的地方， 因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒筹谋计划对付你们， 定下策略攻击你们。"这是耶和华的宣告。
31 "起来！ 上去攻打那安逸无虑的国家（这是耶和华的宣告）； 这国没有城门， 也没有门闩； 他们是独自居住的。
32 他们的骆驼必成为掠物， 他们无数的牲畜必成为掳物。我必把那些剃除了鬓发的人分散到四方去， 我必使灾祸从四面八方临到他们。"这是耶和华的宣告。
33 "夏琐必成为野狗的巢穴， 永远荒凉； 必没有人住在那里， 也必没有人在那里寄居。"
34 犹大王西底家开始执政的时候， 耶和华论到以拦的话临到耶利米先知， 说：
35 "万军之耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我要折断以拦的弓， 就是他们战斗力强的武器。
36 我要使四风从天的四边刮到以拦身上， 把他们分散到四方， 以致没有一个国家没有以拦难民的踪迹。
37 我必使以拦人在他们的仇敌面前惊慌， 在寻索他们性命的人面前恐惧； 我必使灾祸， 就是我的烈怒， 临到他们身上； 我必差遣刀剑追赶他们， 直到把他们灭绝。"这是耶和华的宣告。
38 "我必在以拦设立我的宝座， 除灭那里的君王和领袖（这是耶和华的宣告）。
39 但日后我必使被掳的以拦人归回。"这是耶和华的宣告。