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“Behold, I am going to bring terror on you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts,
“From all who are around you;
And each of you will be driven out headlong,
And there will be no one to gather the fugitives together.

“But [a]afterward I will reverse
The captivity of the children of Ammon and restore their fortunes,”
Says the Lord.

Prophecy against Edom


Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in [b]Teman?
Has good counsel vanished from the intelligent and prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:6 As complete and continuous as the desolation of Moab and Ammon was for so many centuries, yet God is keeping His word for their restoration “in the latter days” (48:47) in a remarkable manner. For instance, Amman, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (formerly called Transjordania, and in ancient times, Rabbath of Ammon or the City of Waters), was a mere village in 1900, but by the year 2000 it was a city of almost 2,000,000 inhabitants.
  2. Jeremiah 49:7 Teman was an important stronghold located in central Edom. It was about three miles from Sela (Petra). Teman was also used as a generic name to represent all of Edom.

I will bring terror on you
    from all those around you,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
“Every one of you will be driven away,
    and no one will gather the fugitives.(A)

“Yet afterward, I will restore(B) the fortunes of the Ammonites,”
declares the Lord.

A Message About Edom(C)(D)

Concerning Edom:(E)

This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?(F)
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom decayed?

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