Verse 4

Jeremiah 49:4

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4 Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?

Original Language Text

hebrew

מַה תִּתְהַֽלְלִי֙ בָּֽ/עֲמָקִ֔ים זָ֣ב עִמְקֵ֔/ךְ הַ/בַּ֖ת הַ/שּֽׁוֹבֵבָ֑ה הַ/בֹּֽטְחָה֙ בְּ/אֹ֣צְרֹתֶ֔י/הָ מִ֖י יָב֥וֹא אֵלָֽ/י

English Translation

What will you boast about, O daughter of the rebellious one, who trusts in her treasures? Who will come to me?

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Chapter 49 Context

1 About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to t... Focus ↗

2 Because of this, see, the days are coming when I will have a cry of war sounded against Rabbah, the... Focus ↗

3 Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put h... Focus ↗

4 Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turn...

5 See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on eve... Focus ↗

6 But after these things, I will let the fate of the children of Ammon be changed, says the Lord. Focus ↗

7 About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise su... Focus ↗

8 Go in flight, go back, take cover in deep places, you who are living in Dedan; for I will send the f... Focus ↗

9 If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by ni... Focus ↗

10 I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered:... Focus ↗

11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put... Focus ↗

12 For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of... Focus ↗

13 For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name... Focus ↗

14 Word has come to me from the Lord, and a representative has been sent to the nations, to say, Come t... Focus ↗

15 For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men. Focus ↗

16 ... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, k... Focus ↗

17 And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make... Focus ↗

18 As at the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns, says the Lord, no man will be... Focus ↗

19 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman:... Focus ↗

20 For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Edom, and to his purpo... Focus ↗

21 The earth is shaking with the noise of their fall; their cry is sounding in the Red Sea. Focus ↗

22 See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart... Focus ↗

23 About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, thei... Focus ↗

24 Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrow... Focus ↗

25 How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy! Focus ↗

26 So her young men will be falling in her streets, and all the men of war will be cut off in that day,... Focus ↗

27 And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad. Focus ↗

28 About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame. This is what... Focus ↗

29 Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and a... Focus ↗

30 Go in flight, go wandering far off, take cover in deep places, O people of Hazor, says the Lord; for... Focus ↗

31 Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, withou... Focus ↗

32 And their camels will be taken from them by force, and their great herds will come into the hands of... Focus ↗

33 And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of m... Focus ↗

34 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king... Focus ↗

35 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, br... Focus ↗

36 And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those w... Focus ↗

37 And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against t... Focus ↗

38 I will put the seat of my power in Elam, and in Elam I will put an end to kings and rulers, says the... Focus ↗

39 But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 49 (39 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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