Jeremiah 49:16 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁶ 4 Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Your [object of] horror (your idol) has deceived you, and the pride of your heart [has deceived you], O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock [Sela or Petra], who hold and occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The terror you have inflicted on others has deceived you, as has your own pride. Though you live in a fortress and occupy the high ground; though you nest on high like the eagles, I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Your arrogance has deceived you, by the pride of your heart, you who live in the caverns of the rock and who strive to take hold of the height of the hill. But even if you make your nest like that of an eagle, I will pull you down from there, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:16 Cross References

2 Kings 14:7

2 And Juda was put to the worst before Israel, and they fled every man to their dwellings.

Job 39:27

Then Job answered the Lord, and said :

Proverbs 16:18

5 There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.

Proverbs 18:21

Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he had, depart.

Proverbs 29:23

I have not learned wisdom, and have not known the science of saints.

Song of Solomon 2:14

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and the harts of the fields, that you stir not up, nor awake my beloved, till she please.

Isaiah 10:14

2 For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.

Isaiah 2:21

In that day he shall answer, saying: I am no healer, and in my house there is no bread, nor clothing: make me not ruler of the people.

Isaiah 49:25

The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded: therefore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded.

Jeremiah 48:14

2 And upon Dibon, and upon Nabo, and upon the house of Deblathaim,

Jeremiah 49:15

3 Against Damascus. Emath is confounded and Arphad: for they have heard very bad tidings, they are troubled as in the sea: through care they could not rest.

Jeremiah 50:29

7 A sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the people that are in the midst of her: and they shall become as women: a sword upon her treasures, and they shall be made a spoil.

Jeremiah 51:53

1 And Jeremias said to Saraias: When thou shalt come into Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,

Amos 9:2

0 All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.

Habakkuk 2:9

7 For the iniquity of Libanus shall cover thee, and the ravaging of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the land, and of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Malachi 1:3

1 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.