Jeremiah 49-52

Word Against Ammon

Jer 49:6 LSB – [6] "But afterward I will return The fortunes of the sons of Ammon," Declares Yahweh.

Word Against Edom

Jer 49:11 LSB – [11] "Leave your orphans behind, I will keep [them] alive; And let your widows trust in Me."

Word Against Damascus

Jer 49:25-26 LSB – [25] "How the city of praise has not been forsaken, The town of My joy! [26] "Therefore, her young men will fall in her open squares, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day," declares Yahweh of hosts.

Word Against Kedar and Hazor

Jer 49:31 LSB – [31] "Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease, Which inhabits [its land] securely," declares Yahweh. "It has no gates or bars; They dwell alone.

Word Against Elam

Jer 49:39 LSB – [39] 'But it will be in the last days That I will return the fortunes of Elam,'" Declares Yahweh.

Word Against Babylon

Jer 50:4-5 LSB – [4] "In those days and at that time," declares Yahweh, "the sons of Israel will come, [both] they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be Yahweh their God they will seek. [5] "They will ask for the way to Zion--[turning] their faces in its direction [and saying], 'Come!'--in order that they may join themselves to Yahweh [in] an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

Jer 32:40 LSB – [40] "And I will cut an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.

Jer 50:20 LSB – [20] 'In those days and at that time,' declares Yahweh, 'search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.'

Jer 50:33-34 LSB – [33] Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "The sons of Israel are oppressed, And the sons of Judah as well; And all who took them captive have held them fast; They have refused to let them go. [34] "Their Redeemer is strong, Yahweh of hosts is His name; He will vigorously plead their case So that He may bring relief to the earth, But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Yahweh Sends Calamity to Babylon

Jeremiah 51:5 LSB — For neither Israel nor Judah has been widowed

By his God, by Yahweh of hosts,

Although their land is full of guilt

Before the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:15-16 LSB — It is He who made the earth by His power,

Who established the world by His wisdom,

And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens. When He gives forth His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,

And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;

He makes lightning for the rain

And brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Jeremiah 51:63 LSB — “And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you will tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,

The Anger of Yahweh Towards Judah

Jer 52:1-3 LSB – [1] Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. [2] And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. [3] For through the anger of Yahweh [this] came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.