Jeremiah 16:19
“O Lord, my strength, and my health, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: the Gentiles will approach you from the ends of the earth, and they will say: ‘Truly, our fathers possessed a lie, an emptiness that has not benefited them.’
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In The King James Version
In Context
20How can man make gods for himself, though these are not gods?”
Cross References
Psalms 18:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
Psalms 27:5Since they have not understood the works of the Lord and the works of his hands, you will destroy them, and you will not build them up.
Psalms 46:7Sing psalms to our God, sing psalms. Sing psalms to our King, sing psalms.
Psalms 62:2O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways.
Psalms 65:3Exclaim to God, “How terrible are your works, O Lord!” According to the fullness of your virtue, your enemies will speak lies about you.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 16:15-21
Judgment and Mercy; Restoration of the Jews; Deliverance from Babylon. ( b. c. 605.) 14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith… Read the whole commentary →