Jeremiah 12:5

The Passion Translation

“So, the footmen have beaten you, have they? How, then, will you run with the cavalry? If you stumble in the open country, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

Cross References

Psalm 42:7

My deep need calls out to the deep kindness of your love. Your waterfall of weeping sent waves of sorrow over my soul, carrying me away, cascading over me like a thundering cataract.

Proverbs 24:10

If you faint when under pressure, you have need of courage.

Proverbs 3:11

My child, when the Lord God speaks to you, never take his words lightly, and never be upset when he corrects you.

Jeremiah 11:21

Yahweh responded with a word for the men of Anathoth who wanted to take my life and who said to me, “You must no longer prophesy in the name of Yahweh, or we will certainly kill you.”

Jeremiah 26:8

When Jeremiah had finished speaking the message Yahweh had ordered him to give to the people, all the priests, prophets, and people forcefully seized him and said, “You ought to be killed for this!

Jeremiah 36:26

Then he commanded Prince Jerahmeel, together with Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to arrest me and my scribe Baruch, but Yahweh had hidden us.

Jeremiah 49:19

“Behold, just as a lion suddenly comes out of the thickets of the Jordan to a rich pastureland, I will suddenly make the people of Edom run away. And I will appoint a leader that I choose. For who can be compared to me? Who is able to challenge me? Name for me the ruler who can stand up to me.

Jeremiah 50:44

“Behold, like a lion suddenly comes out of the jungle of the Jordan to a rich pastureland, I will suddenly make the people of Babylon run away, and I will appoint a leader that I choose. For who can be compared to me? Who is able to challenge me? Name the ruler who can stand up to me.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved friends, if life gets extremely difficult, with many tests, don’t be bewildered as though something strange were overwhelming you.