English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 29, verse 53 in Lxxen Version

Jeremiah 29 : 1 (LXXEN)

THUS SAITH THE LORD AGAINST THE PHILISTINES;

Jeremiah 29 : 2 (LXXEN)

Behold, waters come up from the north, and shall become a sweeping torrent, and it shall sweep away the land, and its fulness; the city, and them that dwell in it: and men shall cry and all that dwell in the land shall howl,

Jeremiah 29 : 3 (LXXEN)

at the sound of his rushing, at the sound of his hoofs, and at the rattling of his chariots, at the noise of his wheels: the fathers turned not to their children because of the weakness of their hands,

Jeremiah 29 : 4 (LXXEN)

in the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines: and I will utterly destroy Tyre and Sidon and all the rest of their allies: for the Lord will destroy the remaining inhabitants of the islands.

Jeremiah 29 : 5 (LXXEN)

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ascalon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.

Jeremiah 29 : 6 (LXXEN)

How long wilt thou smite, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere thou art quiet? return into thy sheath, rest, and *Gr. be elated be removed. - How shall it be quiet, whereas the Lord has given it a commission against Ascalon, and against the regions on the sea-coast, to awake against the remaining Or, cities countries!

Jeremiah 29 : 7 (LXXEN)

CONCERNING IDUMEA, thus saith the Lord; There is no longer wisdom in Thaeman, counsel has perished from the wise ones, their wisdom is gone,

Jeremiah 29 : 8 (LXXEN)

their place has been deceived. Dig deep for a dwelling, ye that inhabit Daedam, for he has wrought grievously: I brought trouble upon him in the time at which I visited him.

Jeremiah 29 : 9 (LXXEN)

For grape-gatherers are come, who shall not leave thee a remnant; as thieves by night, they shall lay their hand upon thy possessions.

Jeremiah 29 : 10 (LXXEN)

For I have stripped Esau, I have uncovered their secret places; they shall have no power to hide themselves, they have perished each by the hand of his brother, my neighbour, and it is impossible

Jeremiah 29 : 11 (LXXEN)

for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me.

Jeremiah 29 : 12 (LXXEN)

For thus saith the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk it; and thou shalt by no means be cleared: [Alex. +for thou shalt surely drink it]

Jeremiah 29 : 13 (LXXEN)

for by myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, that thou shalt be in the midst of her an impassable land, and a reproach, and a curse; and all her cities shall be desert for ever.

Jeremiah 29 : 14 (LXXEN)

I have heard a report from the lord, and he has sent messengers to the nations, saying, Assemble yourselves, and come against her; rise ye up to war.

Jeremiah 29 : 15 (LXXEN)

I have made thee small among the nations, utterly contemptible among men.

Jeremiah 29 : 16 (LXXEN)

Thine *Lit. sport insolence has risen up against thee, the fierceness of thine heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high: thence will I bring thee down.

Jeremiah 29 : 17 (LXXEN)

And Idumea shall be a desert: every one that passes by shall hiss at it.

Jeremiah 29 : 18 (LXXEN)

As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha and they that sojourned in her, saith the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man inhabit there.

Jeremiah 29 : 19 (LXXEN)

Behold, he shall come up as a lion out of the midst of Jordan to the place of *See Jer 24:27 Ætham: for I will speedily drive them from it, and do ye set the young men against her: for who is like me? and who will withstand me? and who is this shepherd, who shall confront me?

Jeremiah 29 : 20 (LXXEN)

Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has framed against Idumea; and his device, which he has devised against the inhabitants of Thaeman: surely the least of the sheep shall be swept off; surely their dwelling shall be made desolate for them.

Jeremiah 29 : 21 (LXXEN)

For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard.

Jeremiah 29 : 22 (LXXEN)

Behold, he shall look upon her as an eagle, and spread forth his wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Idumea shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.