18 Like the (A)overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors,” says the Lord, “(B)no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it. 19 (C)Behold, one will come up like a lion from the [a](D)thickets of the Jordan against [b]a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is (E)chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is (F)like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd (G)who can stand against Me?”

20 Therefore hear the (H)plan of the Lord which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their [c]pasture (I)desolate because of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:19 Lit pride
  2. Jeremiah 49:19 Or an enduring habitation
  3. Jeremiah 49:20 Or habitation