15 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its (A)banks; and they put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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15 and as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and (A)the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the (B)Jordan overflows all its banks (C)during the whole time of harvest),

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19 “Behold,(A) he shall come up like a lion from (B)the [a]floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will suddenly make him run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For (C)who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And (D)who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:19 Or thicket

The Lord Answers Jeremiah

“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
Then how can you contend with horses?
And if in the land of peace,
In which you trusted, they wearied you,
Then how will you do in (A)the [a]floodplain of the Jordan?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:5 Or thicket

18 And it came to pass, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet touched the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place (A)and overflowed all its banks as before.

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