Jeremiah 1:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ “For look, I have made you this day a walled city and an iron column, and bronze walls against all the land, against the sovereigns of Yehuḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ For I, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land–against the [successive] kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land [giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome]. [Isa. 50:7; 54:17; Jer. 6:27; 15:20; Luke 21:15; Acts 6:10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Today I have made you an armed city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall against the entire land—the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and all its people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For certainly, this day, I have made you like a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and a brass wall, over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its leaders, and to the priests, and to the people of the land.

Jeremiah 1:18 Cross References

Isaiah 50:7

And the Master יהוה  helps Me, therefore I shall not be humiliated. So I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I am not put to shame.

Jeremiah 1:17

“Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not break down before their faces, lest I break you before them.

Jeremiah 1:19

“And they shall fight against you, but not prevail against you. For I am with you,” declares יהוה, “to deliver you.”

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth! I have neither lent for interest, nor have men lent to me for interest. All of them are reviling me.

Jeremiah 15:20

“And I shall make you to this people a strong bronze wall. And they shall fight against you, but not overcome you. For I am with you to save you and deliver you,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 20:11

But יהוה  is with me like a mighty, awesome one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and not prevail. They shall be greatly ashamed, for they have not acted wisely – an everlasting reproach never to be forgotten.

Jeremiah 21:4

‘Thus said יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 26:24

However, the hand of Aḥ

Jeremiah 34:3

and you shall not escape out of his hand, but certainly be taken and given into his hand. And your eyes shall see the eyes of the sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 37:7

“Thus said יהוה  the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 38:18

‘But if you do not surrender to the heads of the sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 38:2

“Thus said יהוה, ‘He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by scarcity of food, and by pestilence, but whoever goes over to the Chaldeans shall live. And his life shall be as a prize to him, and he shall live.’

Jeremiah 42:22

“And now, know for certain that you shall die by the sword, by scarcity of food, and by pestilence in the place where you have desired to go to sojourn.”

Jeremiah 6:27

“I have made you a trier and a stronghold among My people, so that you know, and shall try their way.

John 1:42

And he brought him to יהושע. And looking at him, יהושע  said, “You are Shimʽ

Revelation 3:12

“He who overcomes, I shall make him a supporting post in the Dwelling Place of My Elohim, and he shall by no means go out. And I shall write on him the Name of My Elohim and the name of the city of My Elohim, the renewed Yerushalayim, which comes down out of the heaven from My Elohim, and My renewed Name.