Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Jeremiah Chapter 1 to 52)

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Jeremiah 49:2 (NLT)
In the days to come," says the LORD,
"I will sound the battle cry against your city of Rabah.
It will become a desolate heap of ruins,
and the neighboring towns wi be burned.
Then Israel will take back the land
you took from her," says the LORD.
 
Jeremiah 49:3 (NLT)
"Cry out, O Heshbon,
for the town of Ai is destroyed.
Weep O people of Rabbah!
Put on your clothes of mourning.
Weep and wail, hiding in the hedges,
for your god Molech, with his priests and officials,
Will be hauled off to distant lands.
 
Jeremiah 49:4 (NLT)
You are proud of your fertile valleys,
but they will soon be ruined,
You trusted in your wealth,
you rebellious daughter,
and thought no one could ever harm you.
 
Jeremiah 49:5 (NLT)
But look! I will bring terror upon you."
Says the LORD, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
"Your neighbors will chase you from your land,
and no one will help your exiles as they flee.
 
Jeremiah 49:7 (NLT)
This message was given concerning Edom.
This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
"Is there no wisdom in Tenan?
Is no one left to give wise counsel?
 
Jeremiah 49:8 (NLT)
Turn and flee!
Hide in deep caves, you people of Dedan.
For when I bring disaster on Edom,
I will punish you, too!
 
Jeremiah 49:9 (NLT) - 9 Those who harvest grapes always leave a few for the poor. If thieves came at night, they would not take everything.
 
Jeremiah 49:10 (NLT) - 10 But I will strip bare the land of Edom, and there will be no place left to hide. Its children, its brothers, and its neighbors will all be destroyed, and Edom itself will be no more.
 
Jeremiah 49:12 (NLT) - 12 And this is what the Lord says: “If the innocent must suffer, how much more must you! You will not go unpunished! You must drink this cup of judgment!
 
Jeremiah 49:13 (NLT)

13 For I have sworn by my own name,” says the Lord, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror and a heap of ruins; it will be mocked and cursed. All its towns and villages will be desolate forever.”
 
Jeremiah 49:16 (NLT)
You have been deceived
by the fear you inspire in others
and by your own pride.
You live in a rock fortress
and control the mountain heights
but even if you make your nest
among the peaks with the eagles,
I will bring you crashing down,"
says the LORD.
 
Jeremiah 49:17 (NLT)
"Edom will be an object of horror.
All who pass by will be appalled
and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
 
Jeremiah 49:18 (NLT)
It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns," says the LORD.
"No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.
 
Jeremiah 49:19 (NLT)
I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Edom from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?"
 
Jeremiah 49:20 (NLT)
Listen to the LORD'S plans against Edom and the people of Tenan.
Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep,
and their homes will be destroyed.
 
Jeremiah 49:21 (NLT)
The earth will shake by the noise of Edom's fall,
and it's cry of despair will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.
 
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