New English Translation

Jeremiah 49:4-10 New English Translation (NET)

4. Why do you brag about your great power?Your power is ebbing away, you rebellious people of Ammon,who trust in your riches and say,‘Who would dare to attack us?’

5. I will bring terror on you from every side,”says the Lord God who rules over all.“You will be scattered in every direction.No one will gather the fugitives back together.

6. Yet in days to come I will reverse Ammon’s ill fortune.”says the Lord.

7. The Lord who rules over all spoke about Edom.“Is wisdom no longer to be found in Teman?Can Edom’s counselors not give her any good advice?Has all of their wisdom turned bad?

8. Turn and flee! Take up refuge in remote places,you people who live in Dedan.For I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau.I have decided it is time for me to punish them.

9. If grape pickers came to pick your grapes,would they not leave a few grapes behind?If robbers came at night,would they not pillage only what they needed?

10. But I will strip everything away from Esau’s descendants.I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide.Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed.Not one of them will be left!