Jeremiah 1:19
17 Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
18 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.
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- KJV
- And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
- WEB
- They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says the LORD, “to rescue you.”
- ASV
- And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
- DARBY
- And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
- BLB
- And they will fight against you, and they shall not prevail against you; for I [am] with you to deliver you,” a declaration of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Og de skal stride mot deg, men ikke få overhånd over deg; for jeg er med deg, sier Herren, og vil redde deg.
[^1]: d.e. av mandeltreet, som kalles så fordi det blomstrer tidligere enn andre trær. - OTB
- De vil kjempe mot deg men vil ikke overvinne deg, for jeg er med deg for å redde deg," erklærer Herren.
- B1930
- Og de skal stride mot dig, men ikke få overhånd over dig; for jeg er med dig, sier Herren, og vil redde dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Read in contextJeremiah 1:8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
Read in contextPsalms 129:2
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
Read in contextJeremiah 29:25–32
this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
Read in contextJeremiah 11:19
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
Read in contextJeremiah 15:10–21
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
Read in contextJeremiah 26:11–24
Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
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