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Jeremiah 49:21
New English Translation
Jeremiah 49:21
New English Translation
21 The people of the earth will quake when they hear of their downfall.[a]
Their cries of anguish will be heard all the way to the Gulf of Aqaba.[b]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:21 tn Heb “At the sound of their downfall the earth will quake.” However, as in many other places, “earth” here metonymically stands for the inhabitants or people of the earth (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 578-79, and compare usage in 2 Sam 15:23 and Ps 66:4).
- Jeremiah 49:21 tn Heb “the Red Sea,” of which the Gulf of Aqaba formed the northeastern arm. The land of Edom once reached this far according to 1 Kgs 9:26.
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