Jeremiah 15:21
“And I have delivered you from the hand of evildoers, || And I have ransomed you || From the hand of the terrible!”
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Genesis 48:16the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil blesses the youths, and my name is called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.”
Psalms 37:40And YHWH helps them and delivers them, || He delivers them from the wicked, || And saves them, || Because they trusted in Him!
Isaiah 29:5And as small dust has been || The multitude of those scattering you, || And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, || And it has been in an instant—suddenly.
Isaiah 49:24Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
Jeremiah 20:13Sing to YHWH, praise YHWH, || For He has delivered the soul of the needy || From the hand of evildoers.
Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer [is] strong, || YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name, || He thoroughly pleads their cause, || So as to cause the land to rest, || And He has given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.
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 →