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

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’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

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

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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  1. Jeremiah 49:19 Lit pride

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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