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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”

19 (A)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
    (B)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(C)to you shall the nations come
    from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
    (D)worthless things in which there is no profit.
20 Can man make for himself (E)gods?
    Such are not gods!”

21 “Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that (F)my name is the Lord.”

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