Jeremiah 16:19
O Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- מָנוֹסmânôwça retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
- מָעוֹזmâʻôwza fortified place; figuratively, a defence
- אֶפֶסʼepheçcessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the
- הֶבֶלhebelemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as
- נָחַלnâchalto inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to
- צָרָהtsârâhtightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
- עֹזʻôzstrength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
- שֶׁקֶרsheqeran untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 25:4, Nam 1:7, Jer 17:17, Isa 2:2–3, Zec 8:20–23, 1Pe 1:18, Hab 2:18–19, Jer 2:11