Jeremiah 49:19
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Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
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The cup of trembling still goes round, and the nations must all drink of it, according to the instructions given to Jeremiah, Jer 25:15. This chapter puts it into the hands, I. Of the Ammonites (Jer 49:1-6). II. Of the Edomites (v. 7-22). III. Of the Syrians (Jer 49:23-27). IV. Of the Kedarenes, and the kingdoms of Hazor (Jer 49:28-33). V. Of the Elamites (Jer 49:34-39). When Israel was scarcely saved where shall all these appear?
Open source ↗49:19 In divine judgment, the Lord would use the Babylonians to come like a lion . . . leaping on the sheep as they chased Edom’s leaders out of the land. • The Lord’s rhetorical questions implied the answer, “No one can challenge the Lord; he is the only Almighty ruler.”
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“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.