15 These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was (A)overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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15 It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks,(A) and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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The Lord Answers Jeremiah

“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,
    how will you compete with horses?
And if in a safe land you are so trusting,
    what will you do in (A)the thicket of the Jordan?

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God’s Answer

“If you have raced with men on foot
    and they have worn you out,
    how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble[a] in safe country,
    how will you manage in the thickets(A) by[b] the Jordan?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:5 Or you feel secure only
  2. Jeremiah 12:5 Or the flooding of

19 (A)Behold, (B)like a lion coming up from (C)the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him[a] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. (D)For who is like me? (E)Who will summon me? (F)What shepherd can stand before me?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:19 Septuagint, Syriac them

19 “Like a lion(A) coming up from Jordan’s thickets(B)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like(C) me and who can challenge me?(D)
    And what shepherd(E) can stand against me?”

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44 (A)“Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd (B)can stand before me?

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44 Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets(A)
    to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
    Who is the chosen(B) one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?(C)
    And what shepherd can stand against me?”

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