“Does Israel have no sons?
Or has he no heirs?
Why then has ^[a]Malcam taken possession of Gad,
And his people settled in its cities?
² Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will cause an alarm of ^(B)war to be heard
Against ^(C)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon;
And it will become a desolate heap,
And her ^(D)towns will be set on fire.
Then Israel will take ^(E)possession of his possessors,”
Says the Lord.
³ “Wail, ^(F)Heshbon, for ^(G)Ai has been destroyed!
Cry out, daughters of Rabbah,
^(H)Put on sackcloth and mourn,
And move about inside the walls;
For ^[b]Malcam will ^(I)go into exile
Together with his priests and his leaders.
⁴ How you ^(J)boast about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
You ^(K)backsliding daughter
Who trusts in her ^(L)treasures, saying,
‘^(M)Who can come against me?’
⁵ Behold, I am going to bring ^(N)terror upon you,”
Declares the Lord ^[c]God of armies,
“From all directions around you;
And you will be ^(O)driven away ^[d]one after another,
With no one to gather the ^(P)fugitives together.
⁶ But afterward I will ^(Q)restore
The fortunes of the sons of Ammon,”
Declares the Lord.

⁷ Concerning ^(R)Edom.
This is what the Lord of armies says:
“Is there no longer any ^(S)wisdom in ^(T)Teman?
Has good advice been lost by the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?
⁸ Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,
You inhabitants of ^(U)Dedan,
For I ^[e]will bring the ^(V)disaster of Esau upon him
At the time I ^[f]punish him.
^9 (W)If grape pickers came to you,
Would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
They would destroy only what was sufficient for them.
¹⁰ But I have ^(X)stripped Esau bare,
I have uncovered his hiding places
So that he will not be able to conceal himself;
His ^[g]offspring have been destroyed along with his ^[h]brothers
And his neighbors, and ^(Y)he no longer exists.
¹¹ Leave your ^[i](Z)orphans behind, I will keep them alive;
And let your ^(AA)widows trust in Me.”

¹⁴ I have ^(AG)heard a message from the Lord,
And a ^(AH)messenger is being sent among the nations, saying,
“^(AI)Gather yourselves together and come against her,
And rise up for battle!”
¹⁵ “For behold, I have made you small among the nations,
Despised among people.
¹⁶ As for the terror you cause,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of ^[k]the ^(AJ)rock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as ^(AK)high as an eagle’s,
I will ^(AL)bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

²³ Concerning ^(BA)Damascus:
“^(BB)Hamath and ^(BC)Arpad are put to shame,
For they have heard bad news;
They ^(BD)despair.
There is anxiety at the sea,
It ^(BE)cannot be calmed.
²⁴ Damascus has become helpless;
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has gripped her;
^(BF)Distress and labor pains have seized her
Like a woman in childbirth.
²⁵ How the ^(BG)city of praise has not been deserted,
The town of My joy!
²⁶ Therefore, her ^(BH)young men will fall in her streets,
And all the men of war will perish on that day,” declares the Lord of armies.
²⁷ “I will ^(BI)set fire to the wall of Damascus,
And it will devour the fortified palace of ^(BJ)Ben-hadad.”

“Arise, go up to Kedar
And devastate the ^[q](BL)people of the east.
²⁹ They will take away their tents and their flocks;
They will carry off for themselves
Their tent ^(BM)curtains, all their goods and their ^(BN)camels,
And they will call out to one another, ‘^(BO)Horror on every side!’
³⁰ Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths,
You inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the Lord;
“For ^(BP)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you
And devised a scheme against you.
³¹ Arise, go up against a nation which is ^(BQ)at ease,
Which lives securely,” declares the Lord.
“It has ^(BR)no gates or bars;
They ^(BS)dwell alone.
³² Their camels will become plunder,
And their many livestock for spoils,
And I will ^(BT)scatter to all the winds those who ^(BU)cut the corners of their hair;
And I will bring their disaster from every side,” declares the Lord.
³³ “Hazor will become a ^(BV)haunt of jackals,
A desolation forever;
No one will live there,
Nor will ^[r]anyone of mankind reside in it.”

³⁵ “This is what the Lord of armies says:
‘Behold, I am going to ^(BY)break the bow of Elam,
The ^[s]finest of their might.
³⁶ I will bring upon Elam the ^(BZ)four winds
From the four ends of heaven,
And will ^(CA)scatter them to all these winds;
And there will be no nation
To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.
³⁷ So I will ^[t]shatter Elam before their enemies
And before those who seek their lives;
And I will ^(CB)bring disaster upon them,
Even My ^(CC)fierce anger,’ declares the Lord,
‘And I will ^(CD)send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
³⁸ Then I will set My throne in Elam,
And eliminate from there the king and officials,’
Declares the Lord.
³⁹ ‘But it will come about in the last days
That I will ^(CE)restore the fortunes of Elam,’”
Declares the Lord.