Behold, like an eagle, flieth an enemy,
And spreadeth his wings over Moab.

41 Kerioth is taken,

And the strong-holds are seized;

The hearts of the heroes of Moab in that day
Shall be like the heart of a woman in her pangs.

42 And Moab shall be destroyed, so as to be no more a people,

Because he exalted himself against Jehovah.

43 Terror and the pit and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

44 He that fleeth from the terror shall fall into the pit, And he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in

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the snare;

For I will bring upon it, upon Moab,

The year of their punishment, saith Jehovah.

In the valley of Heshbon the fugitives halted for want

of strength;

But a fire is gone forth from Heshbon,
And a flame from the midst of Sihon,
Which devoureth the region of Moab,
And the heads of the sons of tumult.
46 Woe to thee, O Moab !

Undone is the people of Chemosh!
For thy sons are taken captives,
And thy daughters are captives.

47 Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab
In future times, saith Jehovah.

Thus far the judgment of Moab.

Thus saith Jehovah ;

Hath Israel no sons?

Hath he not an heir?

Why then doth Milcom inherit Gad,
And his people dwell in his cities?

2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah,
That I will cause a cry of war to be heard against
Rabbah of the sons of Ammon,

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And she shall become a ruinous heap,

And her daughters shall be burned with fire;

And Israel shall take possession of their land, who took possession of his.

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry, ye daughters of Rabbah,

Gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament,
And run ye to and fro within the fences!
For Milcom goeth into captivity,

His priests and his princes together.

4 Wherefore dost thou glory in the valleys?

Thy valley shall flow [with blood,] O perverse daugh

ter,

That gloriest in thy treasures,

[Saying,]"Who shall come against me?"

5 Behold, I will bring a terror upon thee, saith Jehovah

of hosts,

From all those that are around thee,

And

ye

shall be driven out, every one right forth, And there shall be none to gather up the fugitives.

6 But after this will I bring back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, saith Jehovah.

VI.

The desolation of Edom.

- CH. XLIX. 7 - 22.

7 CONCERNING the Edomites.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts;

Is wisdom no more in Teman?

Is counsel passed away from the prudent?
Is their wisdom vanished?

8 Flee ye, turn ye back,

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Make your habitations deep,

O ye inhabitants of Dedan!

For the destruction of Esau do I bring,
The time of his punishment upon him.
If grape-gatherers had come upon thee,
Would they not have left some gleanings?
If thieves by night,

They would have destroyed only till they had enough.

10 But I will make Esau bare;

I will uncover his hiding-places,

So that he shall not be able to hide himself.

His offspring shall be destroyed, and his brethren, and

his neighbors,

And he shall be no more.

11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them

alive,

And thy widows, let them trust in me!

12 For thus saith Jehovah;

Behold, they, who ought not to have drunk the cup,

have deeply drunken,

And shalt thou go altogether unpunished?
Thou shalt not go unpunished;

Thou shalt surely drink.

13 For by myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, That Bozrah shall become an astonishment, A reproach, a desolation, and a curse;

And all her cities shall be perpetual wastes. 14 I have heard a proclamation from Jehovah,

And an ambassador hath been sent among the nations, [Saying,]" Assemble yourselves and come against her, "And arise to battle!"

15 For, behold, I will make thee small among the nations, Despised among men.

16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee,

The pride of thy heart,

Because thou dwellest in the recesses of the rock,

And holdest the height of the hill.

Though thou set thy nest on high, like the eagle,
From thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.

17 And Edom shall be an astonishment;

Every one that passeth by her shall be astonished,
And shall hiss on account of all her plagues.
18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah,
And their neighboring cities, saith Jehovah,
There shall not a man abide there,

Nor a son of man dwell within her.

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19 Behold, he [the enemy] cometh up like a lion from the pride of Jordan, against the habitation of the rock;

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Suddenly will I drive him [Edom] thence,

And him, who is chosen by me, will I set over her.
For who is like me,

Or who will summon me to trial?

Or who is the shepherd that will stand up against me?

Therefore, hear ye the purpose of Jehovah,

Which he hath formed against Edom,

And the designs, which he meditateth against the inhabitants of Teman!

Surely he [the enemy] shall drag them forth like feeble sheep;

Surely he shall come upon them,

And make their pastures desolate.

21 At the noise of their fall the earth trembleth, Even to the Red Sea is their cry heard.

22 Behold, like an eagle, he [the enemy] cometh up,
And spreadeth his wings over Bozrah;

And the hearts of the heroes of Edom, in that day,
Shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.