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Jeremiah 14:8

O thou hope of Israel, the Savior of it in the time of trouble, why should thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to tarry for a night?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

7Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O LORD. For our backslidings are many. We have sinned against thee.

9Why should thou be as a man frightened, as a mighty man who cannot save? Yet thou, O LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name. Do not leave us.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:9LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.

Psalms 37:39But the salvation of the righteous is of LORD. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble,

Psalms 46:2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth changes, and though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas,

Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Isaiah 33:2O LORD, be gracious to us, we have waited for thee. Be thou our arm every morning, also our salvation in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 43:11I, even I, am LORD, and besides me there is no savior.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:2-10

Lamentation Caused by a Great Drought; Prayer for Mercy; Pleading with God. ( b. c. 606.) 1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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