Jeremiah 16:21
Therefore behold me! causing them to know, by this stroke, I will cause them to know my hand and my might,—That they may know that my name, is Yahweh!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
20Shall a son of earth, make for himself gods, Seeing that, they, are no-gods?
Cross References
Exodus 9:14for this time, am I, sending all my plagues unto thy heart, and amongst thy servants and amongst thy people,—to the intent thou mayest get to know, that there is none like me in all the earth.
Exodus 15:3Yahweh is a warlike one,—Yahweh, is his name.
Psalms 83:18That men may know that, thou, Whose Name alone is Yahweh, Art Most High over all the earth.
Jeremiah 33:2Thus, saith Yahweh, who doeth it,—Yahweh, who fashioneth it to establish it, Yahweh, is his name:
Ezekiel 24:24So shall Ezekiel become to you a wonder, According to all that he hath done, shall ye do: When it cometh, then shall ye know that I am The Lord, Yahweh.
Ezekiel 25:14And I will put forth mine avenging against Edom, by the hand of my people Israel, And they shall deal with Edom, according to mine anger and according to mine indignation,- So shall they know mine avenging, Declareth My Lord. Yahweh,
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 →