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19 O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, even vanity and things wherein there is no profit. 20 Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?

21 Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.

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19 O Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold,
    and my refuge in the day of distress,
to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth,
    and they will say, “Our ancestors[a] have inherited only lies,[b]
    vanity, and there is no profit in them.
20 Can a human make for himself gods?
    Yet they are not gods!”
21 Therefore[c] look, I am about to let them know,
    this time I am going to let them know
my power[d] and my might,
    and they will know that my name is Yahweh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:19 Or “fathers”
  2. Jeremiah 16:19 Hebrew “lie”
  3. Jeremiah 16:21 Literally “To thus”
  4. Jeremiah 16:21 Literally “hand”