Jeremiah 16:21

Jeremiah 16:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the Lord."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know My hand and My might; And they shall know that My name is the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord says, “Now I will show them my power; now I will show them my might. At last they will know and understand that I am the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 16:21

19Lord, 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. 20Do people make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!” “Therefore I will teach them— this time I will teach them my power and might. Then they will know that my name is the Lord.

Jeremiah 16:21 word by word

לָכֵן֙ הִנְנִ֣י מֽוֹדִיעָ֔ם בַּפַּ֣עַם הַזֹּ֔את אוֹדִיעֵ֥ם אֶת־יָדִ֖י וְאֶת־גְּבֽוּרָתִ֑י וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־שְׁמִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore, behold, I will this onceפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• cause them to knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• mine handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• and my mightגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
• that my nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:21

• Exodus 9:14or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
• Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this.
• Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
• Ezekiel 6:7Your people will fall slain among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 24:24Ezekiel will be a sign to you; you will do just as he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.’
• Ezekiel 25:14I will take vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”
• Jeremiah 33:2“This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name:
• Exodus 15:3The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.
• Psalms 83:18Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
• Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.
• Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the Lord is his name.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 16:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Therefore, behold, I will this once - I will not now change my purpose. They shall be visited and carried into captivity; nothing shall prevent this: and they shall know that my name is Jehovah. Since they would not receive the abundance of my mercies, they shall know what the true God can do in the way of judgment.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21This once - Whether we consider the greatness of the national disgrace and suffering caused by it, or its effect upon the mind of the Jews, the burning of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, followed by the captivity of the people at Babylon, stands out as the greatest manifestation of God‘s “hand” in all His dealings with them.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. 21The Lord wants everyone to know his power and strength. He wants them to understand that he is the Lord (see Exodus 6:7; 8:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Therefore--In order that all may be turned from idols to Jehovah, He will now give awful proof of His divine power in the judgments He will inflict. this once--If the punishments I have heretofore inflicted have not been severe enough to teach them. my name ... Lord--Jehovah (Psa 83:18): God's incommunicable name, to apply which to idols would be blasphemy. Keeping His threats and promises (Ex 6:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 16:21

• Church
• Gentiles

In the dictionaries

• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• 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