Jeremiah 14:8

You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

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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

7Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, LORD; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.

9Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, LORD, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:9The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

Psalms 37:39But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

Psalms 46:2Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

Psalms 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Isaiah 33:2LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 43:11I myself am the LORD. Besides me, there is no savior.

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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