Jeremiah 49:25

How could they have abandoned the praiseworthy city, the city of rejoicing?

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In The King James Version

How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

In Context

24Damascus has been broken. She has been turned to flight. Trembling has taken hold of her. Anguish and sorrows have seized her, like a woman giving birth.

26For this reason, her young men will fall in her streets. And all the men of battle will be silenced in that day, says the Lord of hosts.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:4you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?

Jeremiah 48:2There is no longer any rejoicing in Moab over Heshbon. They have devised evil. ‘Come and let us destroy it as a nation.’ Then you will be utterly silenced, and the sword will pursue you.

Jeremiah 51:41How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?

Revelation 18:10standing far away, out of fear of her torments, saying: ‘Woe! Woe! to Babylon, that great city, that strong city. For in one hour, your judgment has arrived.’

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:24-28

The Judgment of Damascus. ( b. c. 595.) 23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are faint hearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day,… Read the whole commentary →

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