Jeremiah 9:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 For death is come up into our [a]windows, and is entered into our palaces, to destroy the children without, and the young men in the streets.
22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, The carcasses of men shall lie, even as the dung upon the field, and as the handful after the mower, and none shall gather them.
23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the [b]wise man glory in his wisdom, nor the strong man glory in his strength, neither the rich man glory in his riches.
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- Jeremiah 9:21 Signifying, that there is no means to deliver the wicked from God’s judgments: but when they think to be most sure, and most far off, then they are soonest taken.
- Jeremiah 9:23 Forasmuch as none can save himself by his own labor, or any worldly means, he showeth that it is vain to put our trust therein, but that we trust in the Lord, and rejoice in him, who only can deliver us, 1 Cor. 1:31; 2 Cor. 10:17.
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