Jeremiah 16:19
"Lord, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, 'Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
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In The King James Version
In Context
20Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?'"
Cross References
Psalms 18:1For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,I love you, Lord, my strength.
Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heartbe acceptable in your sight,Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion.In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me.He will lift me up on a rock.
Psalms 46:7The Lord of hosts is with us.The God of Jacob is our refuge.Selah.
Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress-I will never be greatly shaken.
Psalms 65:3Sins overwhelmed me,but you atoned for our transgressions.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 16:15-21
Judgment and Mercy; Restoration of the Jews; Deliverance from Babylon. ( b. c. 605.) 14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith… Read the whole commentary →