Jer 12:5, 49:19 | ESV | STEP | If you have raced with men on foot , and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses ? And if in a safe land you are so trusting , what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan ?

Jeremiah 12:5

The Lord Answers Jeremiah

5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,
how will you compete with horses?
And if in a safe land you are so trusting,
what will you do in ^athe thicket of the Jordan?

Jeremiah 49:19

19 ^bBehold, ^clike a lion coming up from ^dthe jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac them} run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. ^fFor who is like me? ^gWho will summon me? ^hWhat shepherd can stand before me?