Jeremiah 15:20

And I have made thee to this people For a wall — brazen — fenced, And they have fought against thee, And they do not prevail against thee, For with thee [am] I to save thee, And to deliver thee — an affirmation of Jehovah,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

In Context

19Therefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They — they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them.

21And I have delivered thee from the hand of evil doers, And I have ransomed thee From the hand of the terrible!

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Cross References

Psalms 37:39And the salvation of the righteous [is] from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity.

Psalms 46:11Jehovah of hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob! Selah.

Psalms 129:1A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

Isaiah 8:9Be friends, O nations, and be broken, And give ear, all ye far off ones of earth, Gird yourselves, and be broken, Gird yourselves, and be broken.

Jeremiah 1:8Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee [am] I to deliver thee, — an affirmation of Jehovah.'

Jeremiah 1:19and they have fought against thee, and they prevail not against thee; for with thee [am] I, — an affirmation of Jehovah — to deliver thee.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 15:16-21

The Prophet's Humble Appeal to God; God's Answer to Jeremiah's Address. ( b. c. 606.) 15 O Lord , thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou… Read the whole commentary →

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