Jeremiah 15:12

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¹²“Can a man break iron—
iron from the north^(A)—or bronze?

Jeremiah 15:12 in all English translations

Habakkuk 1:5-10

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The Lord’s Answer

⁵“Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.^(A)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.^(B)
⁶I am raising up the Babylonians,^[a]^(C)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth^(D)
    to seize dwellings not their own.^(E)
⁷They are a feared and dreaded people;^(F)
    they are a law to themselves
    and promote their own honor.
⁸Their horses are swifter^(G) than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves^(H) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
⁹    they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes^[b] advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners^(I) like sand.
¹⁰They mock kings
    and scoff at rulers.^(J)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
    by building earthen ramps^(K) they capture them.

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Footnotes

Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans
Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Jeremiah 28:14

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¹⁴This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke^(A) on the necks of all these nations to make them serve^(B) Nebuchadnezzar^(C) king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.^(D)’”

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Jeremiah 28:14 in all English translations

Jeremiah 21:4-5

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⁴‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn^(A) against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians^[a] who are outside the wall besieging^(B) you. And I will gather them inside this city. ⁵I myself will fight^(C) against you with an outstretched hand^(D) and a mighty arm^(E) in furious anger and in great wrath.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 21:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 9

Jeremiah 1:18-19

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¹⁸Today I have made you^(A) a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. ¹⁹They will fight against you but will not overcome^(B) you, for I am with you^(C) and will rescue^(D) you,” declares the Lord.

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Isaiah 45:9

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⁹“Woe to those who quarrel^(A) with their Maker,^(B)
    those who are nothing but potsherds^(C)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,^(D)
    ‘What are you making?’^(E)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?^(F)