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Jeremiah 14:8

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6 Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”

7 Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?

9 Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

10 This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”

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BSB
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
KJV
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
WEB
You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
ASV
O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
DARBY
Thou hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night?
BLB
O Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of distress, why should You be like a sojourner in the land, and like a traveler [who] stretches aside to spend the night.
ÅB
Du Israels håp, dets frelser i nødens tid! Hvorfor vil du være som en fremmed i landet, lik en veifarende mann som tar av fra veien bare for å overnatte?
OTB
Israels håp, dets Frelser i nødens tid, hvorfor er du som en fremmed i landet, som en reisende som bare blir en natt?
B1930
Du Israels håp, dets frelser i nødens tid! Hvorfor vil du være som en fremmed i landet, lik en veifarende mann som tar av fra veien bare for å overnatte?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 17:13

    O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

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  • Jeremiah 50:7

    All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

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  • Psalms 50:15

    Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

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  • Isaiah 43:3

    For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

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  • Psalms 37:39–40

    The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

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  • Isaiah 45:21

    Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.

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  • Joel 3:16

    The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

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  • Isaiah 43:11

    I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.

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