Jeremiah 49:11
עָזְבָה יְתֹמֶיךָ אֲנִי אֲחַיֶּה וְאַלְמְנֹתֶיךָ עָלַי תִּבְטָֽחוּ ׃ ס
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:18עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפַּט יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה וְאֹהֵב גֵּר לָתֶת לוֹ לֶחֶם וְשִׂמְלָֽה ׃
Psalms 68:5שִׁירוּ ׀ לֵֽאלֹהִים זַמְּרוּ שְׁמוֹ סֹלּוּ לָרֹכֵב בָּעֲרָבוֹת בְּיָהּ שְׁמוֹ וְעִלְזוּ לְפָנָֽיו ׃
Psalms 146:9יְהוָה ׀ שֹׁמֵר אֶת ־ גֵּרִים יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה יְעוֹדֵד וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים יְעַוֵּֽת ׃
Hosea 14:3קְחוּ עִמָּכֶם דְּבָרִים וְשׁוּבוּ אֶל ־ יְהוָה אִמְרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל ־ תִּשָּׂא עָוֺן וְקַח ־ טוֹב וּֽנְשַׁלְּמָה פָרִים שְׂפָתֵֽינוּ ׃
Malachi 3:5וְקָרַבְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם לַמִּשְׁפָּט וְהָיִיתִי ׀ עֵד מְמַהֵר בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים וּבַמְנָאֲפִים וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִים לַשָּׁקֶר וּבְעֹשְׁקֵי שְׂכַר ־ שָׂכִיר אַלְמָנָה וְיָתוֹם וּמַטֵּי ־ גֵר וְלֹא יְרֵאוּנִי אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֽוֹת ׃
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:8-23
The Judgment of Edom. ( b. c. 595.) 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret… Read the whole commentary →