Jeremiah 49:4 “Why do you boast of your valleys— your valleys so fruitful, O faithles…”

Jeremiah 49:4

Why do you boast of your valleys— your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

World English Bible

Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come to me?’

American Standard Version

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleis? thy valley floweth away, O rebellious daughter: she trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come vnto me?

Darby Translation

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? Thy valley shall flow down, O backsliding daughter, that trusteth in her treasures, [saying,] Who shall come against me?

Young's Literal Translation

What — dost thou boast thyself in valleys? Flowed hath thy valley, O backsliding daughter, Who is trusting in her treasures: Who doth come in unto me?

Bible in Basic English

Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?

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Cross references

“gloriest”

Jeremiah 9:23 Isaiah 28:1–4 Revelation 18:7 Isaiah 47:7 Isaiah 47:8

Jeremiah 9:23 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Isaiah 28:1–4 · BSB

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

Revelation 18:7 · BSB

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

Isaiah 47:7 · BSB

You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

Isaiah 47:8 · BSB

So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

“O backsliding”

Jeremiah 3:14 Jeremiah 7:24 Hosea 4:16

Jeremiah 3:14 · BSB

“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 7:24 · BSB

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Hosea 4:16 · BSB

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

“trusted”

1 Timothy 6:17 Jeremiah 48:7 Psalm 49:6 Psalm 52:7 Psalm 62:10 Proverbs 10:15

1 Timothy 6:17 · BSB

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

Jeremiah 48:7 · BSB

Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

Psalm 49:6 · BSB

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Psalm 52:7 · BSB

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Psalm 62:10 · BSB

Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Proverbs 10:15 · BSB

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

“Who”

Jeremiah 21:13 Jeremiah 49:16 Obadiah 1:4 Obadiah 1:5

Jeremiah 21:13 · BSB

Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”

Jeremiah 49:16 · BSB

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you…

Obadiah 1:4 · BSB

Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

Obadiah 1:5 · BSB

“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— oh, how you will be ruined— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.

5Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.

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