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Jeremiah 14:9

God's presenceDoubt

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.

8 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?

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.”

11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.

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BSB
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!
KJV
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
WEB
Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, LORD, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.
ASV
Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
DARBY
Why wilt thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name: leave us not.
BLB
Why should You be like a man astonished, like a mighty one not able to save? And You [are] among us, O YHWH, and we are called [by] Your name; do not leave us.
ÅB
Hvorfor vil du være som en skrekkslagen mann, lik en kjempe som ikke makter å hjelpe? Og enda bor du midt iblant oss, Herre, og vi er kalt med ditt navn; la oss ikke fare!
OTB
Hvorfor er du som en forvirret person, som en kriger som ikke kan frelse? Likevel er du blant oss, Herre, og vi er kalt ved ditt navn; forlat oss ikke!
B1930
Hvorfor vil du være som en skrekkslagen mann, lik en kjempe som ikke makter å hjelpe? Og enda bor du midt iblandt oss, Herre, og vi er kalt med ditt navn; la oss ikke fare!

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