Jeremiah 49:19

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Like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom away from it; and I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who can summon me? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:15

These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

2 Chronicles 20:6

and said, “O Lord, God of our ancestors, are you not God in heaven? Do you not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In your hand are power and might, so that no one is able to withstand you.

Job 41:10

No one is so fierce as to dare to stir it up. Who can stand before it?

Job 9:19

If it is a contest of strength, he is the strong one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?

Job 9:21

I am blameless; I do not know myself; I loathe my life.

Psalm 143:2

Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

Psalm 76:7

But you indeed are awesome! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused?

Psalm 76:8

From the heavens you uttered judgment; the earth feared and was still

Psalm 89:6

For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,

Psalm 89:8

O Lord God of hosts, who is as mighty as you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

Exodus 15:11

“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders?

Isaiah 40:25

To whom then will you compare me, or who is my equal? says the Holy One.

Isaiah 46:9

remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me,

Jeremiah 12:5

If you have raced with foot-runners and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you fall down, how will you fare in the thickets of the Jordan?

Jeremiah 25:9

I am going to send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord, even for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; I will utterly destroy them, and make them an object of horror and of hissing, and an everlasting disgrace.

Jeremiah 30:21

Their prince shall be one of their own, their ruler shall come from their midst; I will bring him near, and he shall approach me, for who would otherwise dare to approach me? says the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has gone up from its thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.

Daniel 7:4

The first was like a lion and had eagles' wings. Then, as I watched, its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a human being; and a human mind was given to it.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.

Zechariah 11:3

Listen, the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is despoiled! Listen, the roar of the lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed!

Numbers 16:5

Then he said to Korah and all his company, “In the morning the Lord will make known who is his, and who is holy, and who will be allowed to approach him; the one whom he will choose he will allow to approach him.

Joshua 3:15

Now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest. So when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the edge of the water,

Revelation 6:17

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”