A Message About Ammon and Edom

Jeremiah 49:1-22

But the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it will become a mound of ruins, and its surrounding villages will be set on fire. Then Israel will drive out those who drove her out,” says the Lord.

Why do you boast of your valleys, boast of your valleys so fruitful? Unfaithful Daughter Ammon, you trust in your riches and say, ‘Who will attack me?’ I will bring terror on you from all those around you,”  Declares the Lord  Almighty. “Every one of you will be driven away, and no one will gather the fugitives.

Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites,” Declares the Lord

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? Turn and flee, hide in deep caves, you who live in Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time when I punish him. If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes? If thieves came during the night, would they not steal only as much as they wanted? But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, so that he cannot conceal himself. His armed men are destroyed,also his allies and neighbors, so there is no one to say, ‘Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.

“Now I will make you small among the nations, despised by mankind. The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks,  who occupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle’s,  from there I will bring you down,” Declares the Lord.

Why?

No matter which nations when boasted of their nation's rich, their valleys so fruitful, all will be ruined under the judgment of the Lord. But for the Love of the Lord, they will return to their homeland.

Edom boasted about their wisdom and their hiding places, But God will strip Esau bare and his allies and neighbors. They were proud of they live in the clefts of the rocks and occupy the heights of the hill.

How?

What I can trust and rely on? God is my shield and my strength only. Trust in the Lord is the only way in my life.