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Jeremiah 48

Jer. 48:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
ye, We are mighty
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
and strong
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
for the war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
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Jer. 8:8• 8{i}How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.{/i} (Jer. 8:8)
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Psa. 11:1• 1To the chief musician, [a Psalm] of David.{HR}In Jehovah have I trusted:{HR}How say ye to my soul,{HR}Flee to your mountain [as] a bird? (Psa. 11:1)
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Isa. 36:4‑5• 4And Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?
 5I say [sayest thou], Counsel and strength for the war [are but] a word of the lips. Now on whom trustest thou that hast revolted against me? (Isa. 36:4‑5)
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Jer. 9:23• 23{i}Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:{/i} (Jer. 9:23)
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Jer. 49:16• 16Thy 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 Jehovah. (Jer. 49:16)
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Psa. 33:16• 16The king is not saved by the multitude of a host;{HR}A mighty man is not delivered by much strength. (Psa. 33:16)
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Eccl. 9:11• 11I returned and saw under the sun,{HR}That the race is not to the swift,{HR}Nor the battle to the strong,{HR}Neither yet bread to the wise,{HR}Nor yet riches to men of understanding,{HR}Nor yet favour to men of knowledge;{HR}But time and chance happeneth to them all. (Eccl. 9:11)
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Isa. 10:13,16• 13For 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 peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have put down them that sit [on thrones];
 16Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. (Isa. 10:13,16)
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Isa. 16:6• 6We have heard of the arrogance of Moab—[the] very proud—of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings [are] vain. (Isa. 16:6)
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Ezek. 30:6• 6Thus saith Jehovah; 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 Jehovah. (Ezek. 30:6)
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Zeph. 2:10• 10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts. (Zeph. 2:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How do ye say, We are mighty, and men of valour for the war?

W. Kelly Translation

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