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Jeremiah 16:19

Strength and help in weaknessProtection and safetyPrayerFaith

17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.

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BSB
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
KJV
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
WEB
LORD, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
ASV
O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, [even] vanity and things wherein there is no profit.
DARBY
Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of distress, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited falsehood [and] vanity; and in these things there is no profit.
BLB
O YHWH, my strength and my fortress and My refuge in the day of distress—the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Surely our fathers have inherited lies, worthlessness—and no profit [is] in them!
ÅB
Herre, min styrke og mitt sterke vern og min tilflukt på nødens dag! Til deg skal hedningefolk komme fra jordens ender og si: Bare løgn fikk våre fedre i arv, falske guder, og det var ingen iblant dem som kunne hjelpe.
OTB
Å Herre, min styrke og min festning, min tilflukt på trengselens dag, til deg skal nasjonene komme fra jordens ender og si: "Sannelig, våre forfedre har arvet løgner, verdiløse avguder som ikke gir noen nytte."
B1930
Herre, min styrke og mitt sterke vern og min tilflukt på nødens dag! Til dig skal hedningefolk komme fra jordens ender og si: Bare løgn fikk våre fedre i arv, falske guder, og det var ingen iblandt dem som kunde hjelpe.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 25:4

    For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

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  • Nahum 1:7

    The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

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  • Jeremiah 17:17

    Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

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  • Isaiah 2:2–3

    And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

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  • Isaiah 44:10

    Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

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  • Zechariah 8:20–23

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

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  • Micah 4:1–2

    But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

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  • Jeremiah 10:14–15

    Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

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