Jeremiah 16:19

Jeremiah 16:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
• New International Version (NIV)Lord, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, “Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: "Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, my strength and my fortress, My refuge in the day of affliction, The Gentiles shall come to You From the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our fathers have inherited lies, Worthlessness and unprofitable things.”

Context of Jeremiah 16:19

17I see everything that they do. They can’t hide anything from me. Their wickedness can’t be hidden; I can see it. 18First, I will have them pay twice as much for their wickedness and their sin, because they have polluted my land. They have filled my property with the lifeless statues of their detestable and disgusting idols.” The Lord is my strength and my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. Nations come to you from the most distant parts of the world and say, “Our ancestors have inherited lies, worthless and unprofitable gods.” 20“People can’t make gods for themselves. They aren’t really gods. 21That is what I will teach them. This time I will make my power and my strength known to them. Then they will know that my name is the Lord.”

Jeremiah 16:19 word by word

יְהוָ֞ה עֻזִּ֧י וּמָעֻזִּ֛י וּמְנוּסִ֖י בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה אֵלֶ֗יךָ גּוֹיִ֤ם יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ מֵֽאַפְסֵי־אָ֔רֶץ וְיֹאמְר֗וּ אַךְ־שֶׁ֙קֶר֙ נָחֲל֣וּ אֲבוֹתֵ֔ינוּ הֶ֖בֶל וְאֵֽין־בָּ֥ם מוֹעִֽיל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• my strengthעֹז‛ôz ‛ôz · strengthH5797
• and my fortressמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
• and my refugeמָנוֹסmânôs · refugeH4498
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of afflictionצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• the Gentilesגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto thee from the endsאֶ֫פֶס'ephes · endH657
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and shall sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Surely our fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• have inheritedנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
• liesשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• vanityהֶ֫בֶלhebel hăbêl · vanityH1892
• no profitיָעַלya‛al · to gainH3276

Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:19

• Jeremiah 17:17Do not terrorize me. You are my refuge on the day of disaster.
• Psalms 18:1I love you, O Lord, my strength.
• Psalms 19:14May the words from my mouth and the thoughts from my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my defender.
• Psalms 27:5He hides me in his shelter when there is trouble. He keeps me hidden in his tent. He sets me high on a rock.
• Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
• Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my savior—my stronghold. I cannot be severely shaken.
• Psalms 91:1Whoever lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty.
• Psalms 144:1Thank the Lord, my rock, who trained my hands to fight and my fingers to do battle,
• Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a strong tower. A righteous person runs to it and is safe.
• Isaiah 25:4You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rain, and shade from the heat. (A tyrant’s breath is like a rainstorm against a wall,
• Isaiah 32:2Then each ruler will be like a shelter from the wind and a hiding place from the rain. They will be like streams on parched ground and the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
• Ezekiel 11:16“So tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, I have been their sanctuary for a little while among the countries where they’ve gone.’
• Nahum 1:7The Lord is good. ⌞He is⌟ a fortress in the day of trouble. He knows those who seek shelter in him.
• Habakkuk 3:19The Lord Almighty is my strength. He makes my feet like those of a deer. He makes me walk on the mountains. For the choir director; on stringed instruments.
• Jeremiah 3:16In those days you will be fertile, and your population will increase in the land,” declares the Lord. “People will no longer talk about the ark of the Lord’s promise. It will no longer come to mind. They won’t remember it, miss it, or make another one.
• Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and return to the Lord. All the families from all the nations will worship you

Commentaries on Jeremiah 16:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The Gentiles shall come - Even the days shall come when the Gentiles themselves, ashamed of their confidence, shall renounce their idols, and acknowledge that their fathers had believed lies, and worshipped vanities. This may be a prediction of the calling of the Gentiles by the Gospel of Christ; if so, it is a light amidst much darkness. In such dismal accounts there is need of some gracious promise relative to an amended state of the world.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 The restoration from the Babylonish captivity would be remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified spiritual redemption, and the future deliverance of the church from antichristian oppression. But none of the sins of sinners can be hidden from God, or shall be overlooked by him. He will find out and raise up instruments of his wrath, that shall destroy the Jews, by fraud like fishers, by force like hunters. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20Jeremiah worshiped the Lord for protecting him during difficult times and providing salvation to people worldwide.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. The result of God's judgments on the Jews will be that both the Jews when restored, and the Gentiles who have witnessed those judgments, shall renounce idolatry for the worship of Jehovah. Fulfilled partly at the return from Babylon, after which the Jews entirely renounced idols, and many proselytes were gathered in from the Gentiles, but not to be realized in its fulness till the final restoration of Israel (Is 2:1-17).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 16:19

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Church
• Faith
• Gentiles
• Idolatry
• Vanity

In the dictionaries

• Ends of the Earth
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• God
• Text of the Old Testament
• refuge, refugee, shelter, sheltered
• save, saved, safe, salvation, rescue

Commentaries on Jeremiah 16

• 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