Jeremiah 14:9

Wilt thou be as a man asleep, or as a strong man that cannot save? yet thou art among us, O Lord, and thy name is called upon us; forget us not.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

In Context

8O Lord, thou art the hope of Israel, and deliverest us in time of troubles; why art thou become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting place?

10Thus saith the Lord to this people, They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will he remember their iniquity.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:45And I will be called upon among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

Leviticus 26:11And I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you;

Numbers 14:15And if thou shalt destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard thy name shall speak, saying,

Deuteronomy 28:10And all the nations of the earth shall see thee, that the name of the Lord is called upon thee, and they shall stand in awe of thee.

2 Chronicles 7:14then if my people, on whom my name is called, should repent, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, I also will hear from heaven, and I will be merciful to their sins, and I will heal their land.

Psalms 27:9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: 1 And take care of them, and lift them up forever.

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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