Jeremiah 15:20

Jeremiah 15:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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 rescue and save you,” declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, declares the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; And they will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you; For I am with you to save you And deliver you,” says the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 15:20

18Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You be to me like a mirage of water that is undependable? 19Therefore thus says Adonai: “If you return, I will restore you, you will stand before Me. If you extract the precious from the worthless, you will be as My mouth. Let them turn to you, but you must not turn to them. I will make you a fortified bronze wall to this people. They will fight against you, but will not prevail against you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you.” It is a declaration of Adonai. 21“So I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the grasp of the ruthless.”

Jeremiah 15:20 word by word

וּנְתַתִּ֜יךָ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה לְחוֹמַ֤ת נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ בְּצוּרָ֔ה וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְלֹא־י֣וּכְלוּ לָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־אִתְּךָ֥ אֲנִ֛י לְהוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֥ וּלְהַצִּילֶ֖ךָ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• thee unto this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• a fencedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• brasenנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• and they shall fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against thee, but they shall not prevailיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• with thee to saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• thee and to deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• thee, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 15:20

• Jeremiah 1:18Look, today I have set you up as a fortified city— an iron pillar and bronze walls— against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its princes against its kohanim, and against the people of the land.
• Jeremiah 6:27“I have made you a metal-tester among My people—so you may observe and test their way.
• Ezekiel 3:9I will make your forehead like adamant, harder than flint. Do not fear them. Do not be dismayed by their faces, for they are a rebellious house.”
• Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
• Acts 5:29Peter and the emissaries replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
• Jeremiah 20:11But Adonai is with me like a dreadful warrior. Therefore my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they are not insightful and not wise, they will be utterly shamed— an everlasting disgrace, never to be forgotten.
• Psalms 124:1A Song of Ascents. Of David. “Had Adonai not been on our side” —let Israel now say—
• Psalms 129:1A Song of Ascents. “How many times they have been hostile to me, even from my youth” —let Israel now say—
• Romans 8:31What then shall we say in view of these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• Psalms 46:7Nations are in uproar, kingdoms totter, He utters His voice, the earth melts!
• Isaiah 7:14Therefore Adonai Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive. When she is giving birth to a son, she will call his name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, O peoples— but you will be broken in pieces. Give ear, all you of far countries. Arm yourselves—yet be shattered! Arm yourselves—yet be shattered!
• Isaiah 41:10Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Surely I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
• Acts 18:9Now the Lord said to Paul through a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent!
• 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood by me; instead, they all deserted me—may it not be counted against them!
• 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be proclaimed in full measure, and all the nations might hear—and I was rescued from the lion’s mouth!

Commentaries on Jeremiah 15:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20I will make thee - a fenced brazen wall - While thou art faithful to me, none of them shall be able to prevail against thee.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 It is matter of comfort that we have a God, to whose knowledge of all things we may appeal. Jeremiah pleads with God for mercy and relief against his enemies, persecutors, and slanderers. It will be a comfort to God's ministers, when men despise them, if they have the testimony of their own consciences. But he complains, that he found little pleasure in his work. Some good people lose much of the pleasantness of religion by the fretfulness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21The Lord confirmed the promises he made to Jeremiah when he called him to be a prophet (see Jeremiah 1:18–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2120-21. The promise of Jr 1:18, 19, in almost the same words, but with the addition, adapted to the present attacks of Jeremiah's formidable enemies, "I will deliver thee out of ... wicked ... redeem ... terrible"; the repetition is in order to assure Jeremiah that God is the same now as when He first made the promise, in opposition to the prophet's irreverent accusation of unfaithfulness (Jr 15:18).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 15:20

• Blessing
• God
• Minister, Christian

In the dictionaries

• Languish
• Rebuke
• Residue
• Revenge
• Brass; Brazen
• Death
• Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress
• Jeremiah
• restore, restoration

Commentaries on Jeremiah 15

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings