Jeremiah 1:19

Jeremiah 1:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
• New International Version (NIV)They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)They will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”

Context of Jeremiah 1:19

17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them. 18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:19 word by word

וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְלֹא־י֣וּכְלוּ לָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־אִתְּךָ֥ אֲנִ֛י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה לְהַצִּילֶֽךָ׃ פRead the interlinear

• They will fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against youאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• but will neverלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• overcomeיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• sinceכִּיkîy · forH3588
• Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• am with youאֵת'êth · withH854
• to deliver youנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 1:19

• Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
• Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
• Jeremiah 20:1When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
• Jeremiah 26:11Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
• Jeremiah 29:25this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
• Jeremiah 37:11When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
• Psalms 129:2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
• Jeremiah 1:8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
• Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 1:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19They shall not prevail against thee - Because I am determined to defend and support thee against all thy enemies. One of the ancients has said, , ̔ ͅ ͅ· Thestius, apud Theophil. ad Autolyc. lib. 2: "God protecting thee, though thou wert at sea upon a twig, thou shouldst be safe."Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond-tree, which is more forward in the spring than any other, represented the speedy approach of judgments. God also showed whence the intended ruin should arise. Jeremiah saw a seething-pot boiling, representing Jerusalem and Judah in great commotion. The mouth or face of the furnace or hearth, was toward the north; from whence the fire and fuel were…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19declares the Lord: This statement is as powerful as a royal order (see study note on Jeremiah 2:2).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings