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Jeremiah 49:15
Jeremiah 49:15 is verse 15 of Jeremiah chapter 49, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.
King James Version
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
World English Bible
“For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.
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Jeremiah 49:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
14 I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”
15 “For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.
16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
17 “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
Psalms 53:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
Obadiah 1:2“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.
Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame— she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.