Jeremiah 48:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ How say ye, We [are] mighty and strong men for the war?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 33:16 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
  • Isa 10:13 : 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]:
  • Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
  • Isa 16:6 : 6 ¶ We have heard of the pride of Moab; [he is] very proud: [even] of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: [but] his lies [shall] not [be] so.
  • Isa 36:4-5 : 4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest? 5 I say, [sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
  • Jer 8:8 : 8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:
  • Jer 49:16 : 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
  • Ezek 30:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Zeph 2:10 : 10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified [themselves] against the people of the LORD of hosts.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 ¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
  • Ps 11:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 48:15-17
    3 verses
    82%

    15Moab is spoiled, and gone up [out of] her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD of hosts.

    16The calamity of Moab [is] near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

    17All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod!

  • 13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

  • Jer 48:39-43
    5 verses
    77%

    39They shall howl, [saying], How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

    40For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

    41Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

    42And Moab shall be destroyed from [being] a people, because he hath magnified [himself] against the LORD.

    43Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

  • 29We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Jer 48:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1¶ Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded [and] taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

    2[There shall be] no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from [being] a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

  • Jer 48:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

    21And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

  • Jer 48:24-26
    3 verses
    74%

    24And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

    25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.

    26Make ye him drunken: for he magnified [himself] against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

  • 13Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

  • 29And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.

  • 30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which [reacheth] unto Medeba.

  • Jer 48:45-47
    3 verses
    72%

    45They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

    46Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

    47Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far [is] the judgment of Moab.

  • Joel 3:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9¶ Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

    10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I [am] strong.

  • 6¶ We have heard of the pride of Moab; [he is] very proud: [even] of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: [but] his lies [shall] not [be] so.

  • 21And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

  • 10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified [themselves] against the people of the LORD of hosts.

  • Isa 16:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

    14But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant [shall be] very small [and] feeble.

  • 15Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

  • 3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they [were] many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

  • 4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard [even] unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.

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    23And they said, This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

    24And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in [their] country.

  • 9Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

  • 8¶ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified [themselves] against their border.

  • 18And this is [but] a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

  • 4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

  • 16Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.

  • 31But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they [are] stronger than we.

  • 13Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do [that which is] good in his sight.

  • 12Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

  • 2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.

  • 15Why are thy valiant [men] swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

  • 26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through [even] unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

  • 13¶ Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?

  • 1¶ The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;