<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> answered,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out,p> <p class="poetry">how will you be able to compete with horses?p> <p class="poetry">And if you feel secure only<n id="2" /> in safe and open country,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Jeremiah concerning<n id="1" /> all the Judeans who were living in the land of Egypt, those in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the region of southern Egypt.<n id="2" />

I, the <sc>Lordsc>, say that shepherds will once again count their sheep as they pass into the fold.<n id="1" /> They will do this in all the towns in the southern hill country, the western foothills, the southern hill country, the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, and the towns of Judah.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>