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Jeremiah 49:19

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“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation:
for I will suddenly make them run away from it;
and whoever is chosen,
I will appoint him over it.
For who is like me?
Who will appoint me a time?
Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”

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Jeremiah 49:19 in other translations

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?

Jeremiah 49:19 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 49:19 in context

  1. 17“Edom will become an astonishment.
    Everyone who passes by it will be astonished,
    and will hiss at all its plagues.
  2. 18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh,
    “no man will dwell there,
    neither will any son of man live therein.
  3. 19“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation:
    for I will suddenly make them run away from it;
    and whoever is chosen,
    I will appoint him over it.
    For who is like me?
    Who will appoint me a time?
    Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”
  4. 20Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom;
    and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
    Surely they will drag them away,
    the little ones of the flock.
    Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
  5. 21The earth trembles at the noise of their fall;
    there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.