Do you make him leap like a locust? His proud snorting fills one with terror.
Jeremiah 8:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised From Dan, the snorting of horses is heard. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all its residents. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The snorting of [Nebuchadnezzar's] horses is heard from Dan [on the northern border of Palestine]. At the sound of the neighing of his strong war-horses the whole land quakes; for they come and devour the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell in it. American Standard Version (1901) The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein. Common English Bible The snorting of their horses can be heard as far as Dan; the neighing of their stallions makes the whole land tremble. They come to devour the land and everything in it, towns and people alike. Catholic Public Domain Version "From Dan, the snorting of his horses was heard; the entire land was shaken by the voice of the neighing of his fighters. And they arrived and devoured the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The snorting of his horse was heard from Dan, all the land was moved at the sound of the neighing of his warriors: and they came and devoured the land and all that was in it, the city and its inhabitants. |
Do you make him leap like a locust? His proud snorting fills one with terror.
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t recognise you and on the families that don’t call on your name, for they have consumed Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off and made his homeland desolate.
From the time of our youth the shameful one has consumed what our ancestors have worked for – their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Nevertheless, all who devoured you will be devoured, and all your adversaries #– #all of them – will go off into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered, and all who raid you will be raided.
This is what the Lord says: We have heard a cry of terror, of dread #– #there is no peace.
I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills shook.
A lion has gone up from his thicket; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to make your land a waste. Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins.
At the sound of the stamping hooves of his stallions, the rumbling of his chariots, and the clatter of their wheels, fathers will not turn back for their sons. They will be utterly helpless
They will consume your harvest and your food. They will consume your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vines and your fig trees. With the sword they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust.
They grasp bow and javelin. They are cruel and show no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, lined up like men in battle formation against you, Daughter Babylon.
The earth quakes and trembles because the Lord’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
They grasp bow and javelin. They are cruel and show no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, lined up like men in battle formation against you, Daughter Zion.
The crack of the whip and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and jolting chariot!
The mountains see you and shudder; a downpour of water sweeps by. The deep roars with its voice and lifts its waves high.
But if someone says to you, ‘This is food from a sacrifice’, do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.
They named the city Dan, after the name of their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel. The city was formerly named Laish.
All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the Lord at Mizpah.
The horses’ hooves then hammered – the galloping, galloping of his stallions.