Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

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Why do you boast of your valleys,
    boast of your valleys so fruitful?
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,(A)
    you trust in your riches(B) and say,
    ‘Who will attack me?’(C)

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Why (A)do you boast in the valleys,
[a]Your flowing valley, O (B)backsliding daughter?
Who trusted in her (C)treasures, (D)saying,
‘Who will come against me?’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:4 Lit. Your valley is flowing

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.

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“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you,(A) declares the Sovereign Lord.

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Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you,” says the Lord God.

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