Jeremiah 14:8

O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why should you be as a stranger in the land, and as a travelling man that turns aside to tarry for a night?

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O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

In Context

7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do you it for your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.

9Why should you be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet you, O LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; leave us not.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Psalms 37:39But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Psalms 46:2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

Isaiah 33:2O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for you: be you their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 43:11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

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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