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Jeremiah 49:29

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

His fearsome army will surround you, taking your tents and possessions, your sheep and camels.

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As Joseph's brothers sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with all kinds of spices that they were taking to Egypt.

He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred pair of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and a large number of servants. He was the richest person in the East.

But I must live as a foreigner among the people of Meshech and in the tents of Kedar.

I hear the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid!” They are plotting and scheming to murder me.

No one will live in Babylon. Even nomads won't camp nearby, and shepherds won't let their sheep rest there.

Every sheep of Kedar will come to you; rams from Nebaioth will be yours as well. I will accept them as offerings and bring honour to my temple.

Our homes are destroyed; our children are dead. No one is left to help us find shelter.”

I see the enemy defeating us time after time, leaving everything in ruins. Even my own home is destroyed in a moment.

I can see the battle now— you are defeated and running away, never once looking back. Terror is all around.

You people of Damascus have lost your courage, and in panic you turn to run, gripped by fear and pain.

I, the LORD All-Powerful, will send neighbouring nations to strike you with terror. You will be scattered, with no one to care for your refugees.

The LORD said, “Don't work in your fields or walk along the roads. It's too dangerous. The enemy is well armed

The tents of desert tribes in Cushan and Midian were ripped apart.

We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don't know what to do, we never give up.

After we came to Macedonia, we didn't have any chance to rest. We were faced with all kinds of problems. We were troubled by enemies and troubled by fears.

The camp was huge. The Midianites, Amalekites, and other eastern nations covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. And it would be easier to count the grains of sand on a beach than to count their camels.

“What's the matter, Gideon?” Zebah and Zalmunna asked. “Do it yourself, if you're not too much of a coward!” Gideon jumped up and killed them both. Then he took the fine gold ornaments from the necks of their camels.

The total weight of this gold was nearly twenty kilogrammes. In addition, there was the gold from the camels' ornaments and from the beautiful jewellery worn by the Midianite kings. Gideon also took their purple robes.




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