Jeremiah 49:20 Cross References - DouayRheims

²⁰ Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his thoughts which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down, of a truth they shall destroy them with their habitation.

¹⁹ Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while. ²⁰ They arc confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame.

¹¹ But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

²¹ There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

²⁴ The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it be: and as I have purposed, ²⁵ So shall it fall out: That I will destroy the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: and his yoke shall be taken away from them, and his burden shall be taken off their shoulder. ²⁶ This is the counsel, that I have purposed upon all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations. ²⁷ For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who can disannul it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?

¹⁰ Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done: ¹¹ Who call a bird from the east, and from a far country the man of my own will, and I have spoken, and will bring it to pass: I have created, and I will do it.

^{10 (37:9)} But if you should even beat all the army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there should be left of them some wounded men: they shall rise up, every man from his heart, and burn this city with fire.

⁷ Against Edom. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Theman? counsel is perished from her children: their wisdom is become unprofitable.

¹³ For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bosra shall become a desolation, and a reproach, and a desert, and a curse: and all her cities shall be everlasting wastes.

¹⁷ And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues. ¹⁸ As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha, and the neighbours thereof, saith the Lord: there shall not a man dwell there, and there shall no son of man inhabit it.

⁴⁵ Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken against Babylon: and his thoughts which he hath thought against the land of the Chaldeans: surely the little ones of the flocks shall pull them down, of a truth their habitation shall be destroyed with them.

⁶ And he answered, and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying: Not with an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

³ But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert. ⁴ But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.

²⁸ To do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed to be done.

²⁷ But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong. ²⁸ And the base things of the world and the things that are contemptible, hath God chosen: and things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are: ²⁹ That no flesh should glory in his sight.

¹¹ In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will.