Jeremiah 15:20

I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says the LORD.

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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 the LORD says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

21“I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.”

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Cross References

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

Psalms 46:11The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalms 129:1Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:

Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!

Jeremiah 1:8Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:19They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says the LORD, “to rescue you.”

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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