Jeremiah 49:20
New King James Version
20 (A)Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Edom,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely the least of the flock shall [a]draw them out;
Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them.
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- Jeremiah 49:20 Or drag them away
Jeremiah 50:45
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45 Therefore hear (A)the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Babylon,
And His (B)purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
(C)Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.
Malachi 1:3-4
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3 But Esau I have hated,
And (A)laid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.”
4 Even though Edom has said,
“We have been impoverished,
But we will return and build the desolate places,”
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“They may build, but I will (B)throw down;
They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,
And the people against whom the Lord will have indignation forever.
Jeremiah 49:7
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Judgment on Edom
7 (A)Against Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(B)“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
(C)Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom (D)vanished?
Ephesians 1:11
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11 (A)In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to (B)the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
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1 Corinthians 1:27-29
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27 But (A)God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the [a]base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:28 insignificant or lowly
Acts 4:28
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28 (A)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
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Zechariah 4:6
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6 So he answered and said to me:
“This is the word of the Lord to (A)Zerubbabel:
(B)‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 49:17-18
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17 “Edom also shall be an astonishment;
(A)Everyone who goes by it will be astonished
And will hiss at all its plagues.
18 (B)As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“No one shall remain there,
Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.
Jeremiah 49:13
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13 For (A)I have sworn by Myself,” says the Lord, “that (B)Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a [a]waste, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual [b]wastes.”
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- Jeremiah 49:13 ruin
- Jeremiah 49:13 ruins
Jeremiah 37:10
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10 (A)For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.’ ”
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Isaiah 46:10-11
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10 (A)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
11 Calling a bird of prey (C)from the east,
The man (D)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed (E)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
Isaiah 14:24-27
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Assyria Destroyed
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying,
“Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall (A)stand:
25 That I will break the (B)Assyrian in My land,
And on My mountains tread him underfoot.
Then (C)his yoke shall be removed from them,
And his burden removed from their shoulders.
26 This is the (D)purpose that is purposed against the whole earth,
And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
27 For the Lord of hosts has (E)purposed,
And who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
And who will turn it back?”
Proverbs 19:21
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21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
(A)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
Psalm 33:11
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11 (A)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
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