29. Their tents and flocks shall be taken away,their tent curtains and all their goods;Their camels they carry off,they shout over them, “Terror on every side!”
30. Flee! wander about, hide deep for lodging,inhabitants of Hazor—oracle of the Lord;For Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has devised a strategy against you,drawn up a plan against you,
31. Get up! set out against a tranquil nation,living in security—oracle of the Lord—Without gates or bars,dwelling alone.
32. Their camels shall become spoils,their hordes of cattle, plunder;I will scatter to the winds those who shave their temples;from every side I will bring their ruin—oracle of the Lord.
33. Hazor shall become a haunt for jackals,a wasteland forever,Where no one lives,no mortal stays.
34. The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah:
35. Thus says the Lord of hosts:Look! I will break the bow of Elam,the mainstay of their might.
36. I will bring upon Elam the four windsfrom the four ends of the heavens:I will scatter them to all these winds, until there is no nationto which the outcasts of Elam have not gone.
37. I will terrify Elam before their foes,those seeking their life;I will bring evil upon them,my burning wrath—oracle of the Lord.I will send sword after themuntil I have finished them off;
38. I will set up my throne in Elamand destroy from there king and princes—oracle of the Lord.
39. But at the end of days I will restorethe fortunes of Elam—oracle of the Lord.