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Jeremiah’s Prayer of Confidence

19 Lord, you are my strength and fortress,
    my refuge in the day of trouble!
Nations from around the world
    will come to you and say,
“Our ancestors left us a foolish heritage,
    for they worshiped worthless idols.
20 Can people make their own gods?
    These are not real gods at all!”

21 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.

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19 Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
    my refuge in a time of difficulty,
to you the nations will come,
    and from the ends of the earth they’ll say,
“Surely our ancestors inherited deception,[a]
    things that are worthless,
        and in which there is no profit.”
20 Can a person make a god for himself?
    They are not gods!
21 Therefore, I’m about to make them understand;
    this time I’ll make them understand
my power and strength,
    so they’ll understand that my name is the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:19 I.e. false gods or idols