Jeremiah 1:18

16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
KJV
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
WEB
For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
ASV
For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
DARBY
And I, behold, I appoint thee this day as a strong city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land; against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
BLB
And behold, for I have made you this day as a fortified city, and as a pillar of iron, and as walls of bronze against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
ÅB
Og se, jeg gjør deg idag til en fast borg og til en jernstøtte og til en kobbermur mot det hele land, mot Judas konger, mot dets høvdinger, mot dets prester og mot folket i landet.
OTB
I dag har jeg gjort deg som en befestet by, en jernsøyle og en bronsevegg for å stå imot hele landet—mot kongene av Juda, deres embetsmenn, deres prester, og folket i landet.
B1930
Og se, jeg gjør dig idag til en fast borg og til en jernstøtte og til en kobbermur mot det hele land, mot Judas konger, mot dets høvdinger, mot dets prester og mot folket i landet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 50:7

    For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

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  • Ezekiel 3:8–9

    Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

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  • Jeremiah 15:20

    And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 6:27

    I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

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  • Micah 3:8–9

    But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

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  • Jeremiah 37:7

    Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

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  • Jeremiah 34:20–22

    I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

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  • Jeremiah 36:27–32

    Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

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