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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 12:15 = Nisan (March–April)

The Lord’s Response

If you have raced with runners
and they have worn you out,
how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble[a] in a peaceful land,
what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:5 Or you are secure

19 “Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets[a] of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. Indeed, I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like Me? Who will summon Me?(A) Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:19 Lit pride

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