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Jeremiah 8:16

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The snorting of horses can be heard from Dan. The neighing of stallions makes the whole land tremble. They are coming to devour the land and everything in it, the city and its people.

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They named the city Dan in honor of their ancestor Dan, Israel’s son. Originally, the city was called Laish.

Then the horses’ hoofs pounded. The mighty war horses galloped on and on.

However, if someone says to you, “This was sacrificed to a god,” don’t eat it because of the one who informed you and because of conscience.

Certainly, “The earth is the Lord’s and everything it contains is his.”

The mountains look at you. They writhe in pain. Floodwaters pass by. The deep ocean roars. Its waves rise up high.

The sound of the whip! The sound of rattling wheels! Horses gallop! Chariots bounce along!

They will hear the sound of galloping war horses, the rattling of enemy chariots, and the rumbling of their wheels. Fathers who lack courage abandon their children.

Pour out your fury on the nations who don’t know you and on people who don’t worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.

Its people take hold of bows and spears. They are cruel and have no compassion. They sound like the roaring sea. They ride on horses. They march like soldiers ready for battle against my people Zion.

I see the mountains. They are shaking, and the hills are swaying.

The earth and everything it contains are the Lord’s. The world and all who live in it are his.

All the people of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from Gilead came to Mizpah. The congregation stood united in the presence of the Lord.

Can you make it leap like a locust, when its snorting causes terror?

Ever since we were young, the shameful worship ⌞of Baal⌟ has taken everything our ancestors worked for, their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

They will devour your harvest and your food. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will devour your flocks and your cattle. They will devour your grapevines and your fig trees. With their swords they will destroy the fortified cities you trust.

“This is what the Lord says: “We hear cries of fear, cries of panic, not cries of peace.

That is why everyone who devours you will be devoured, and all your enemies will be taken away as captives. Those who looted you will be looted. Those who stole from you in war will have things stolen from them.

They will take hold of bows and spears. They will be cruel and have no compassion. They will sound like the sea when it roars. They will ride horses. They are ready for war, ready to attack you, people of Babylon.

The earth trembles and writhes in pain. The Lord carries out his plans against Babylon to make Babylon a wasteland so that no one will live there.

A lion has come out of its lair. A destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to destroy your land. Your cities will be ruined, and no one will live in them.




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