May the proud be put to shame for wronging me with a lie, but I will meditate on Your precepts.
Jeremiah 50:32 - Tree of Life Version The arrogant will stumble and fall, and no one will lift him up. I will kindle fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are round about him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Pride (the arrogant one) shall stumble (totter) and fall, and none shall raise him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are round about him. American Standard Version (1901) And the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him. Common English Bible The arrogant one will stumble and fall, and no one will help her up. I’ll set your cities on fire, and it will consume all that’s around her. Catholic Public Domain Version And the proud one will fall and be ruined. And there will be no one who may lift him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour everything around him." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the proud one shall fall, he shall fall down, and there shall be none to lift him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. |
May the proud be put to shame for wronging me with a lie, but I will meditate on Your precepts.
Before ruin a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Also I will set fire to her forest, and it will consume all around her.”
“I will set fire to the wall of Damascus— it will devour Ben-hadad’s palaces.”
They will not even take from you a cornerstone or foundation stone, for you will be desolate forever.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Then you will say: ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and not rise again, because of the calamity that I will bring on her. So they will weary themselves.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
But when his heart became haughty and his spirit hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
I will kindle fire on Rabbah’s wall and it will devour its citadels, amid shouting on a day of battle, with storm on a day of whirlwind.
I will send fire into Hazael’s palace. It will devour Ben-hadad’s citadels.
So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza —it will devour its citadels.
So I will send fire upon Moab— it will devour Kerioth’s citadels. Moab will die in an uproar, with a shout of alarm and the sound of the shofar.
So I will send fire upon Judah— it will devour Jerusalem’s citadels.”
She has fallen, never rising again— virgin Israel— She is forsaken on her land, with nobody to lift her up.
For fire has ignited in My nostrils— it will burn to Sheol beneath, devour the earth and her produce, and scorch the foundations of mountains.
For this reason her plagues will arrive in a single day— death and grief and famine— and she shall be burned down with fire. For mighty is Adonai Elohim who judges her!”