There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
Jeremiah 49:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For, behold, I will make you [Edom] small among the nations and despised among men. [Ezek. 35:9.] American Standard Version (1901) For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men. Common English Bible I’m about to cut you down to size before the nations; you will be scorned by everyone. Catholic Public Domain Version For behold, I have made you little among the nations, contemptible among men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For, behold, I have made thee a little one among the nations, despicable among men. |
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
I have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, [saying], Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.
Behold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised.
Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is the LORD your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.
Therefore the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.