Jeremiah 48:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You claim that your soldiers are strong and brave.

Cross References

Psalm 11:1

The LORD is my fortress! Don't say to me, “Escape like a bird to the mountains!”

Psalm 33:16

Mighty armies alone cannot win wars for a king; great strength by itself cannot keep a soldier safe.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Here is something else I have learnt: The fastest runners and the greatest heroes don't always win races and battles. Wisdom, intelligence, and skill don't always make you healthy, rich, or popular. We each have our share of bad luck.

Isaiah 10:13

who says: I did these things by my own power because I am clever and wise. I attacked kings like a wild bull, and I took the land and the treasures of their nations.

Isaiah 10:16

The mighty LORD All-Powerful will send a terrible disease to strike down your army, and you will burn with fever under your royal robes.

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of Moab's pride. Its people strut and boast, but without reason.

Jeremiah 49:16

Pride tricks you into thinking that other nations look at you with fear. You live along the cliffs and high in the mountains like the eagles, but I am the LORD, and I will bring you down.

Jeremiah 8:8

You say, “We are wise because we have the teachings and laws of the LORD.” But I say that your teachers have turned my words into lies!

Jeremiah 9:23

The LORD says: Don't boast about your wisdom or strength or wealth.

Ezekiel 30:6

All your allies will be killed, and your proud strength will crumble. People will die from Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Zephaniah 2:10

This is how Moab and Ammon will at last be repaid for their pride— and for sneering at the nation that belongs to me, the LORD All-Powerful.