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Jeremiah 49:4
Why do you boast of your valleys—
from Judgment on the Ammonites, Jeremiah 49:1-6
What it says

Ammon is rebuked for boasting in fertile valleys and trusting stored wealth while saying no one can come against it.

What it is doing

This verse identifies complacent prosperity as false security.

In context

1Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: 2Therefore, behold, the days are coming, 3Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; 4Why do you boast of your valleys— 5Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, 6Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity, ”