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General Information:
This verse is almost identical to Jeremiah 49:19. See how you translated that verse.
Behold!
"Pay attention!"
He goes up like a lion from the majesty of the Jordan to the enduring grazing place
"When I punish the people of Babylon, it will be fierce and unexpected like when a lion comes out of a forest and attacks sheep in the pasture"
majesty
"forest" or "thickets". This refers to forests or thickets on the banks of the Jordan River.
the enduring grazing place
This is land covered with grass where animals feed on the grass.
I will quickly cause them to run from it
Here "them" refers to the Babylonian people; the word "it" refers to the invasion.
who will be chosen
"whom I will choose"
For who is like me, and who will summon me?
"For no one is like me, no one can summon me."
who will summon me
"who will challenge me" or "who will call me to account"
What shepherd is able to resist me?
"No king is able to resist me."