Jeremiah 49:15
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For behold I have made thee a little one among the nations, despicable among men.

1 Samuel 2:7,8,30 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth: . . .

Psalm 53:5 They have not called upon God: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. For God hath scattered the bones of them that please men: they have been confounded, because God hath despised them.

Obadiah 1:2 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God to Edom: We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and he hath sent an ambassador to the nations: Arise, and let us rise up to battle against him.

Micah 7:10 And my enemy shall behold, and she shall be covered with shame, who saith to me: Where is the Lord thy God? my eyes shall look down upon her: now shall she be trodden under foot as the mire of the streets.

Luke 1:51 He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

Context
The Judgment on Edom
14I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and let us rise up to battle. 15For behold I have made thee a little one among the nations, despicable among men.16Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:14
I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and let us rise up to battle.

Jeremiah 49:16
Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

Lexicon
“For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

behold,
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

I will make you
נְתַתִּ֖יךָ (nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

small
קָטֹ֛ן (qā·ṭōn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant

among the nations,
בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם (bag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

despised
בָּז֖וּי (bā·zui)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 959: To disesteem

among men.
בָּאָדָֽם׃ (bā·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being


Additional Translations
“For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among men.For, see, I will make you small among the heathen, and despised among men.

For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.

I have made thee small among the nations, utterly contemptible among men.

For behold, I have made thee small among the nations, despised among men.

For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.

For lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.

For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.
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