Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 16:21
21“So I will surely make them know— this time I make them know My hand and My might— they will know that My Name is Adonai.”
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.
- New International Version (NIV)“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.
- 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.
Context of Jeremiah 16:21
19Adonai, my strength, my stronghold, my refuge in the day of affliction, to You will the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, futility and useless things.” 20Will man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods. “So I will surely make them know— this time I make them know My hand and My might— they will know that My Name is Adonai.”
Read all of Jeremiah 16Jeremiah 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.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:21
- Exodus 9:14For this time I will send all My plagues to your heart, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 14:4I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so he will follow after them. Then I will be glorified over Pharaoh along with all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am Adonai.” So they did so.
- Psalms 9:16The nations sank into the pit they made. The net they hid caught their own foot.
- Ezekiel 6:7The slain will fall in your midst. Then you will know that I am Adonai.
- Ezekiel 24:24Ezekiel will be a sign for you; just as he has done, you will do. When this comes, you will know that I am Adonai.’
- Ezekiel 25:14I will take My vengeance upon Edom by the hand of My people Israel. They will do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury. They will know My vengeance.’” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Jeremiah 33:2Thus says Adonai the Maker, Adonai who formed it to make it firm —Adonai is His Name.
- Exodus 15:3Adonai is a warrior—Adonai is His Name!
- Psalms 83:18Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever. Let them be humiliated and perish.
- Isaiah 43:3For I am Adonai your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
- Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion and changes deep darkness to morning. Who darkens the day into night. Who summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the face of the earth —Adonai 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
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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
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