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10 And since no one dares to disturb it,
    who then can stand up to me?

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10 No one is fierce enough to rouse it.(A)
    Who then is able to stand against me?(B)

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For God is so wise and so mighty.
    Who has ever challenged him successfully?

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22 What? Do we dare to rouse the Lord’s jealousy? Do you think we are stronger than he is?

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22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(A) Are we stronger than he?(B)

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The Lord’s Reply to Jeremiah

“If racing against mere men makes you tired,
    how will you race against horses?
If you stumble and fall on open ground,
    what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?

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God’s Answer

“If you have raced with men on foot
    and they have worn you out,
    how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble[a] in safe country,
    how will you manage in the thickets(A) by[b] the Jordan?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:5 Or you feel secure only
  2. Jeremiah 12:5 Or the flooding of

11 Serve the Lord with reverent fear,
    and rejoice with trembling.
12 Submit to God’s royal son,[a] or he will become angry,
    and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
    But what joy for all who take refuge in him!

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Footnotes

  1. 2:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

11 Serve the Lord with fear(A)
    and celebrate his rule(B) with trembling.(C)
12 Kiss his son,(D) or he will be angry
    and your way will lead to your destruction,
for his wrath(E) can flare up in a moment.
    Blessed(F) are all who take refuge(G) in him.

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Are you as strong as God?
    Can you thunder with a voice like his?

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Do you have an arm like God’s,(A)
    and can your voice(B) thunder like his?(C)

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Let those who are experts at cursing—
    whose cursing could rouse Leviathan[a]
    curse that day.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.

May those who curse days[a] curse that day,(A)
    those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:8 Or curse the sea

Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down;
    like a lioness, who dares to arouse her?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel,
    and cursed is everyone who curses you.”

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Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness(A)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed(B)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”(C)

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Judah, my son, is a young lion
    that has finished eating its prey.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down;
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

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You are a lion’s(A) cub,(B) Judah;(C)
    you return from the prey,(D) my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?

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17 “Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger? 18 Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”

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17 He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things(A) they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence(B) and continually arouse my anger?(C) Look at them putting the branch to their nose! 18 Therefore I will deal with them in anger;(D) I will not look on them with pity(E) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen(F) to them.”

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