Jeremiah - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 541

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49·-20

]EREMIAH. 20 28 mc, and who expects me ? and what shepherd can stand before me ?’ Therefore hear the intent of the

Evzx-Lxvme, which He intends against Edom, and the plans he has planned against the people of The» man, if they do not withdraw the young of the flock; if they do not put them in the Fold. AGAINST DAMASCUS. 49»—~—34

The earth shall shake at the sound

of her fall ;-·the voice of his shriek to the Sea of Weeds 2 Look! He comes like an eagle,

and flies! and spreads his wings over Bozrah,—-and the heart of the heroes of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in terror 1 W12 @¤¤m uf §am¤¤zu¤.

Both Hamath and Arpad are cowed; They melt on hearing the sad report; Like the troubled sea they cannot rest; Timid Damascus turns to By, Trembling and terror has seized her; Auguish holds her like childbirth.! Is the Bright City forsaken? Along with the towns she rejoiced in ? Why fall her youth in her broadways ? And why are all her warriors silent? Because now says the LORD 0F SABAO‘1‘H, ‘ I will hre the walls of Damascus, And devour the Halls of Benadadl @12 @1mut nf @2hn1·. Against Kedar, and the territories king of Babel, shall conquer, thus of Khatzih that Nebukhadnezzar, said the LORD: ‘ Arise, and advance to Kedarl And ravage the sons of the East! Plunder their tents and their sheep flocks Take their curtains, their arms, and their camels, And shout to them, ‘ Terrors are round you! ' ‘ Fly ! wander afar, and sink down l Says the LORD to the dwellers in Hazor, ‘ For Babe1’s king, Nebukhadnezzar, Plots, and makes plans against you! ‘ Arise! Advance to a nation at east., as in safety, They are careless, without gates or bars. ‘ So their camels are therefore a booty, And their rich herds will be for a spoil, When I Bing them to the wind, says the LORD, ‘ Then jackals shall hunt about Hazor; V No man ever dwell in her wrecks, And no son of Adam _shall lodge.’ Wye Qumu uf Qtilam. 2I 22 26 33 34 The command of the EVER—LIVING kiah king of judah, to proclaim to that came to jeremiah the Preacher ~ Ailam. in the irst year of the reign of Zede— S4!

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