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Jeremiah 49:21
Jeremiah 49:21 is verse 21 of Jeremiah chapter 49, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
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King James Version
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
World English Bible
The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
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Jeremiah 49:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
20 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
21 At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
22 Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
23 Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 50:46At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
Isaiah 14:4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
Isaiah 14:5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
Isaiah 14:6It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
Isaiah 14:7All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.
Isaiah 14:8Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
Isaiah 14:10They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
Isaiah 14:11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
Isaiah 14:12How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
Isaiah 14:13You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
Isaiah 14:14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
Isaiah 14:15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
Ezekiel 26:15This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?
Ezekiel 26:16All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.
Ezekiel 26:17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
Ezekiel 26:18Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’
Ezekiel 21:16Slash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.
Ezekiel 32:10I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
Revelation 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”