19Behold one shall come up as a lion from the swelling of the Jordan, against the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to me? and who shall abide me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance?
Jeremiah 49 delivers oracles of judgment against five of Judah's neighbors: Ammon, Edom, Damascus (Syria), Kedar (Arabia), and Elam. Each oracle follows a pattern familiar from the previous chapter: a declaration of coming destruction, often by military invasion, grounded in the
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