Jeremiah 12:5

The Lord Answers Jeremiah

⁵ "If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
Then how can you contend with horses?
And if in the land of peace,
In which you trusted, they wearied you,
Then how will you do in _j the ₁ floodplain of the Jordan?

Cross References
Joshua 3:15
And as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the whole time of harvest).
1 Chronicles 12:15
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

Matthew Henry Concise

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jeremiah 12:5

Strong's Concordance

Jeremiah 12:5

If thou hast runH7323 with the footmen,H7273 and they have weariedH3811 thee, then how canst thou contendH8474 with horses?H5483 and if in the landH776 of peace,H7965 wherein thou trustedstH982, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou doH6213 in the swellingH1347 of Jordan?H3383

Notes

Jeremiah 12:5

If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?

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