Jeremiah 15:20

And I will make thee to this people a fortified brazen wall. And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee. For I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, says LORD.

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In The King James Version

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

In Context

19Therefore thus says LORD: If thou return, then I will bring thee again that thou may stand before me. And if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shall be as my mouth. They shall return to thee, but thou shall not retur

21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 46:11LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalms 129:1Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces. And give ear, all ye of far countries. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.

Jeremiah 1:8Be not afraid because of them, for I am with thee to deliver thee, says LORD.

Jeremiah 1:19And they shall fight against thee. But they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee, says LORD, to deliver thee.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 15:16-21

The Prophet's Humble Appeal to God; God's Answer to Jeremiah's Address. ( b. c. 606.) 15 O Lord , thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou… Read the whole commentary →

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