Jeremiah 15:20

And I will make thee unto this people as a fortified brazen wall; and they will 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.

Leeser Tanakh

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 hath said the Lord, If thou return, and I bring thee back again, then shalt thou stand before me; and if thou bring forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: these shall return unto thee; but thou shalt not return unto them.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 37:39And the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord: he is their strong-hold in the time of distress.

Psalms 46:11(46:12) The Lord of hosts is with us; a defence unto us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Psalms 129:1“A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

Isaiah 8:9Associate yourselves, O ye people, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of the far portions of the earth: gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces.

Jeremiah 1:8Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 1:19And [although] they fight against thee, they shall not prevail against thee; for with thee am I saith the 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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