Jeremiah 16:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁹ Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in a time of distress, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and they will say, ‘Our ancestors inherited only lies, worthless idols  of no benefit at all.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ [Then said Jeremiah] O Lord, my Strength and my Stronghold, and my Refuge in the day of affliction, to You shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, emptiness, and futility, worthless things in which there is no profit!

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ LORD, you are my strength and my stronghold; you are my refuge in time of trouble. The nations will flock to you from the ends of the earth, and they will say: “Our ancestors have inherited utter lies, things that are hollow and useless.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ "O Lord, my strength, and my health, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: the Gentiles will approach you from the ends of the earth, and they will say: 'Truly, our fathers possessed a lie, an emptiness that has not benefited them.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ O Lord, my might and my strength and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.

Jeremiah 16:19 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 20:23

Now the king of Aram’s servants said to him, ‘Their gods are gods of the hill country.  That’s why they were stronger than we were. Instead, we should fight with them on the plain; then we will certainly be stronger than they are.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the  Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are protected.  ,

Isaiah 25:4

For you have been a stronghold for the poor person, a stronghold for the needy  in his distress, a refuge from storms and a shade from heat. When the breath of the violent is like a storm against a wall,

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the rain, like flowing streams  in a dry land and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.

Isaiah 44:10

Who makes a god or casts a metal image that benefits no one?

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on   ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot rescue himself, or say, ‘Isn’t there a lie in my right hand? ’

Isaiah 45:14

This is what the Lord says: ‘The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will follow you, they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess  to you, “God is indeed with you,  and there is no other; there is no other God.” ’

Isaiah 49:6

he says, ‘It is not enough for you to be my servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.’

Isaiah 62:2

Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be given a new name that the Lord’s mouth will announce.

Jeremiah 10:3

for the customs of the peoples are worthless. Someone cuts down a tree from the forest; it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

Jeremiah 10:5

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried  because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm   – and they cannot do any good.

Jeremiah 12:16

If they will diligently learn the ways of my people   #– #to swear by my name, “As the Lord lives,” just as they taught my people to swear by Baal #– #they will be built up among my people.

Jeremiah 14:8

Hope of Israel, its Saviour in time of distress, why are you like a resident foreigner in the land, like a traveller stopping only for the night?

Jeremiah 17:17

Don’t become a terror to me. You are my refuge  in the day of disaster.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? (But they were not gods!  ) Yet my people have exchanged their   Glory for useless idols.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests stopped asking, ‘Where is the  Lord? ’ The experts in the law no longer knew me, and the rulers  rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by   Baal and followed useless idols.

Jeremiah 3:23

Surely, falsehood comes from the hills, commotion from the mountains, but the salvation of Israel is only in the  Lord our God.

Jeremiah 33:9

This city will bear on my behalf a name of joy, praise, and glory  before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the prosperity I will give them. They will tremble with awe because of all the good and all the peace  I will bring about for them.

Jeremiah 4:2

then you can swear, ‘As the  Lord  lives,’ in truth,  justice, and righteousness, and then the nations will be blessed  by him and will boast in him.

Ezekiel 11:16

‘Therefore say, “This is what the Lord God says: Though I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them  in the countries where they have gone.”

Joel 3:16

The Lord will roar from Zion and make his voice heard from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will shake. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the Israelites.

Amos 2:4

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the  Lord and have not kept his statutes. The lies  that their ancestors followed have led them astray.

Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of distress; he cares for those who take refuge  in him.

Habakkuk 3:19

The Lord my Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights! For the choir director: on  stringed instruments.

Zechariah 2:11

‘Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my  people.  I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.

Malachi 1:11

‘My name will be great among the nations,  from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense  and pure offerings will be presented in my name in every place because my name will be great among the nations,’  says the Lord of Armies.

Romans 1:25

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,  and worshipped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised for ever.  Amen.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life  inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

Revelation 11:15

The seventh angel blew his trumpet,  and there were loud voices in heaven saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.