Jeremiah 14:9

Jeremiah 14:9 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Why are you like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? You are among us, Lord, and we bear your name; do not forsake us!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one who cannot save? Yet You, O Lord, are in our midst, And we are called by Your name; Do not leave us!
• New Living Translation (NLT)Are you also confused? Is our champion helpless to save us? You are right here among us, Lord. We are known as your people. Please don’t abandon us now!”

Context of Jeremiah 14:9

7O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. 8O 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? Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. 10Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. 11Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

Jeremiah 14:9 word by word

לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיֶה֙ כְּאִ֣ישׁ נִדְהָ֔ם כְּגִבּ֖וֹר לֹא־יוּכַ֣ל לְהוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְאַתָּ֧ה בְקִרְבֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֗ה וְשִׁמְךָ֛ עָלֵ֥ינוּ נִקְרָ֖א אַל־תַּנִּחֵֽנוּ׃ סRead the interlinear

• Why shouldest thou be as a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• astoniedדָּהַםdâham · to astonishH1724
• as a mighty manגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• cannotיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• yet thou, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• of us, and we are calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• by thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• leaveיָנַחyânach · to restH3240

Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:9

• Numbers 11:23And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
• Numbers 14:15Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
• Psalms 44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
• Isaiah 50:1Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
• Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
• Isaiah 59:1Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
• Exodus 29:45And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
• Leviticus 26:11And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
• Deuteronomy 23:14For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
• Psalms 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
• Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
• Zechariah 2:5For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
• 2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Revelation 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
• Jeremiah 15:16Thy 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.
• Isaiah 63:19We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 14:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us - Thy ark, temple, and sacred rites, are all here; and thou thyself, who art every where present, art here also: but alas! thou dost not reveal thyself as the Father of mercies, who forgivest iniquity, transgression, and sin. We are called by thy name; leave us not - Let us call thee our Father, and say thou to us, "Ye are my sons and daughters!" O leave us not!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Astonied - The word may possibly mean “one who is taken by surprise and loses his presence of mind.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The people admitted their sins but did not change their bad behavior. They tried to trick God into helping them by doubting his love, wisdom, and power, while still claiming to be his chosen people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. astonied--like a "mighty man," at other times able to help (Is 59:1), but now stunned by a sudden calamity so as to disappoint the hopes drawn from him. art in the midst of us--(Ex 29:45, 46; Le 26:11, 12). called by thy name--(Da 9:18, 19) as Thine own peculiar people (De 9:29).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 14:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 14

• 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