Jeremiah 14:9

Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can't save? Yet you, Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us."

New Heart English Bible

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

8You 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?

10Thus says the Lord to this people, "Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore the Lord does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins."

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Cross References

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

Leviticus 26:11I will set my tent among you: and my soul won't abhor you.

Numbers 14:15Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,

Deuteronomy 28:10All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of you.

2 Chronicles 7:14if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Psalms 27:9Do not hide your face from me.Do not put your servant away in anger.You have been my help.Do not abandon me,neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

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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