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Jeremiah 49

Jer. 49:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How is the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of praise
thillah (Hebrew #8416)
laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
KJV usage: praise.
Pronounce: teh-hil-law'
Origin: from 1984
e not left
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
, the city
qiryah (Hebrew #7151)
a city
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: kir-yaw'
Origin: from 7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building
of my joy
masows (Hebrew #4885)
delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)
KJV usage: joy, mirth, rejoice.
Pronounce: maw-soce'
Origin: from 7797
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Jer. 33:9• 9And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear of all the good that I do unto them; and they shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. (Jer. 33:9)
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Isa. 1:26• 26and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, Town of righteousness, Faithful city. (Isa. 1:26)

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Jer. 33:9• 9And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear of all the good that I do unto them; and they shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. (Jer. 33:9)
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Jer. 48:2,39• 2Moab's praise is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be cut down; the sword shall pursue thee.
 39They howl, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! And Moab shall be a derision and a terror to all that are round about him. (Jer. 48:2,39)
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Jer. 51:41• 41How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! (Jer. 51:41)
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Psa. 37:35‑36• 35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:
 36but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found. (Psa. 37:35‑36)
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Isa. 1:26• 26and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, Town of righteousness, Faithful city. (Isa. 1:26)
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Isa. 14:4‑6• 4that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased,--the exactress of gold ceased!
 5Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.
 6He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly. (Isa. 14:4‑6)
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Dan. 4:30• 30the king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty? (Dan. 4:30)
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Rev. 18:10,16‑19• 10standing afar off, through fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour thy judgment is come.
 16saying, Woe, woe, the great city, which was clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls!
 17for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off,
 18and cried, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like to the great city?
 19and cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and grieving, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all that had ships in the sea were enriched through her costliness! for in one hour she has been made desolate. (Rev. 18:10,16‑19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How is not the town of praise forsaken, the city of my joy!