Jeremiah 14:8

Thou hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night?

Darby Translation

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

7Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many we have sinned against thee.

9Why 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.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:9And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

Psalms 37:39But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Psalms 46:2Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried 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 honour him.

Isaiah 33:2Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be their arm every morning, yea, our salvation in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 43:11I, I [am] Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.

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 →

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