Jeremiah 49:21

When they fall, the sound they make will make the earth shake; their cries will be heard all the way to the Red Sea.

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In The 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.

In Context

20So listen to what the Lord has planned to do to Edom and the people of Teman: Their children will be dragged away like lambs from the flock, and because of them their pasture will become a wasteland.

22Watch as an enemy like an eagle flies high, then swoops down, spreading its wings as it attacks Bozrah. At that time Edom's warriors will be as scared as a woman in labor.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:4You will mock the king of Babylon, saying, “How your oppressive rule has been ended, and your insolence stopped!

Ezekiel 21:16Slash right and left, whichever way you're facing.

Ezekiel 32:10Many will be shocked at what I do to you, and their kings will be horrified at what has happened to you, trembling when I wave my sword in front of them. On the day that you fall all of them will shake in fear for their lives.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:8-23

The Judgment of Edom. ( b. c. 595.) 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret… Read the whole commentary →

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