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Nations from around the world will come to you and say, “Our ancestors left us a foolish heritage, for they worshiped worthless idols. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/16.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/16.htm">New King James Version</a> O LORD, my strength and my fortress, My refuge in the day of affliction, The Gentiles shall come to You From the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our fathers have inherited lies, Worthlessness and unprofitable things.” <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> LORD, 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 say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility, and things of no benefit.” <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> O LORD, 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 say, &#8220Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility and things of no profit.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, And my refuge in the day of distress, To Thee the nations will come From the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility and things of no profit.” <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> O Yahweh, my strength and my strong defense, And my refuge in the day of distress, To You the nations will come From the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, Futility and things of no profit.” <a href="/amp/jeremiah/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> [Then said Jeremiah] “O LORD, my Strength and my Stronghold, And my Refuge in the day of distress and need, The nations will come to You From the ends of the earth and say, ‘Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies and illusion, [Worthless] things in which there is no benefit!’ <a href="/csb/jeremiah/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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, &#8220Our fathers inherited only lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.&#8221 <a href="/asv/jeremiah/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Our LORD, you are the one who gives me strength and protects me like a fortress when I am in trouble. People will come to you from distant nations and say, "Our ancestors worshiped false and useless gods, <a href="/erv/jeremiah/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> O LORD, my strength, and my strong hold, 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. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD is my strength and my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. Nations come to you from the most distant parts of the world and say, "Our ancestors have inherited lies, worthless and unprofitable gods." <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> LORD, you are the one who protects me and gives me strength; you help me in times of trouble. Nations will come to you from the ends of the earth and say, "Our ancestors had nothing but false gods, nothing but useless idols. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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, things that are worthless, and in which there is no profit." <a href="/msb/jeremiah/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, ?Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all. <a href="/net/jeremiah/16.htm">NET Bible</a> Then I said, "LORD, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, 'Our ancestors had nothing but false gods--worthless idols that could not help them at all. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the farthest parts of the earth, and shall say, 'Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit. <a href="/web/jeremiah/16.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> O YHWH, my strength, and my fortress, "" And my refuge in a day of adversity, "" Nations come to You from the ends of the earth, "" And say, “Our fathers only inherited falsehood, "" Vanity, and none among them is profitable.” <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> O Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in days of straits, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers inherited falsehood, vanity, and no receiving profit in them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “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.’ <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/16.htm">New American Bible</a> LORD, my strength, my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress! To you nations will come from the ends of the earth, and say, “Our ancestors inherited mere frauds, empty, worthless.” <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: Our ancestors have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> O LORD, my strength and my helper and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely the idols of falsehood which our fathers have inherited are nothing, and there is no profit in them. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> LORD JEHOVAH, my power and my helper, and house of my refuge in the day of affliction! To you the nations will come from the ends of the Earth, and they shall say, “Truly, the idols of falsehood that our fathers inherited are nothing and there is no value in them!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> O LORD, 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, Vanity and things wherein there is no profit.' <a href="/sep/jeremiah/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> O Lord, thou art my strength, and mine help, and my refuge in days of evil: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the end of the earth, and shall say, How vain were the idols which our fathers procured to themselves, and there is no help in them. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4956" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/16.htm">God will Restore Israel</a> …18And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.” 19<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5797.htm" title="5797: ‘uz·zî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Strength, might. Or rowz; from azaz; strength in various applications.">my strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/4581.htm" title="4581: ū·mā·‘uz·zî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- (also mauwz); or mahoz (also ma, uz; from azaz; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence.">and my fortress,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4498.htm" title="4498: ū·mə·nū·sî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Flight, place of escape or refuge. From nuwc; a retreat; abstractly, a fleeing.">my refuge</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">in the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/6869.htm" title="6869: ṣā·rāh (N-fs) -- Tightness, a female rival. Feminine of tsar; tightness; transitively, a female rival.">of distress,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w·yim (N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">will come</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. ">to You</a> <a href="/hebrew/657.htm" title="657: mê·’ap̄·sê- (Prep-m:: Adv) -- From 'aphec; cessation, i.e. An end; often used adverb, no further; also the ankle, as being the extremity of the leg or foot.">from the ends</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and they will say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">“Our fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5157.htm" title="5157: nā·ḥă·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to inherit (figurative) mode of descent), or to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or distribute, instate.">inherited</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ- (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">nothing but</a> <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="8267: še·qer (N-ms) -- Deception, disappointment, falsehood. From shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham.">lies,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892: he·ḇel (N-ms) -- Or Habel; from habal; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb.">worthless idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">of no</a> <a href="/hebrew/bām (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3276.htm" title="3276: mō·w·‘îl (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To confer or gain profit or benefit. A primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable.">benefit at all.</a> 20Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-3</a> In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. / And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. <a href="/psalms/18-2.htm">Psalm 18:2</a> The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. <a href="/isaiah/45-20.htm">Isaiah 45:20</a> Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save. <a href="/isaiah/26-13.htm">Isaiah 26:13</a> O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess. <a href="/psalms/46-1.htm">Psalm 46:1</a> For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. <a href="/isaiah/25-4.htm">Isaiah 25:4</a> For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall, <a href="/isaiah/60-3.htm">Isaiah 60:3</a> Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. <a href="/zechariah/8-22.htm">Zechariah 8:22-23</a> And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.” / This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’” <a href="/psalms/144-2.htm">Psalm 144:2</a> He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a> He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.” <a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6</a> “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations, <a href="/acts/17-27.htm">Acts 17:27-28</a> God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. / ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’ <a href="/romans/15-12.htm">Romans 15:12</a> And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.” <a href="/revelation/15-4.htm">Revelation 15:4</a> Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.” <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a> Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.my strength.<a href="/jeremiah/17-17.htm">Jeremiah 17:17</a> Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.<a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Psalm 18:1,2</a> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength… <a href="/psalms/19-14.htm">Psalm 19:14</a> Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.Gentiles.<a href="/jeremiah/3-16.htm">Jeremiah 3:16,17</a> And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more… <a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">Psalm 22:27-30</a> All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee… <a href="/psalms/67-2.htm">Psalm 67:2-7</a> That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations… surely.<a href="/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23</a> Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.<a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Jeremiah 10:14,15</a> Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them… <a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Habakkuk 2:18,19</a> What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? … wherein.<a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Jeremiah 2:11</a> Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.<a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Jeremiah 10:5</a> They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.<a href="/isaiah/44-10.htm">Isaiah 44:10</a> Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-15.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-17.htm">Fortress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-14.htm">Inherited</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-6.htm">Refuge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-13.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm">Stronghold</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-15.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-13.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-23.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Fortress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-1.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-24.htm">Inherited</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-13.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-17.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-17.htm">Refuge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-3.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Stronghold</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-14.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 16</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/16-1.htm">The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, </a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/16-8.htm">from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshows the utter ruin of the Jews;</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">because they were worse than their fathers.</a> 14. <a href="/jeremiah/16-14.htm">Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt.</a> 16. <a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">God will doubly recompense their idolatry.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>O LORD, my strength and my fortress This phrase emphasizes God's role as a protector and source of power. In the context of Jeremiah's ministry, God is portrayed as a stronghold amidst the impending Babylonian invasion. The imagery of God as a fortress is common in the Psalms (e.g., <a href="/psalms/18-2.htm">Psalm 18:2</a>), highlighting His reliability and defense against adversaries. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of deities as protectors of their people.my refuge in the day of distress Jeremiah often faced persecution and hardship, making the concept of God as a refuge particularly poignant. The "day of distress" refers to times of trouble, which in Jeremiah's context includes the Babylonian threat and the spiritual decline of Judah. This echoes the broader biblical theme of God as a refuge in times of trouble, as seen in <a href="/psalms/46.htm">Psalm 46:1</a>.the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth This anticipates a future time when Gentiles will recognize the God of Israel. It aligns with prophecies in Isaiah (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-3</a>) about nations streaming to God's mountain. This foreshadows the New Testament revelation of the gospel reaching all nations (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>), indicating the universal scope of God's salvation plan.and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies This confession by the nations acknowledges the futility of their ancestral beliefs. It reflects a turning point where the truth of God is recognized over the falsehoods of idolatry. This theme of inherited falsehoods is also seen in <a href="/ezekiel/20-18.htm">Ezekiel 20:18</a>, where God warns against following the sinful practices of previous generations.worthless idols of no benefit at all The critique of idols is a recurring theme in Jeremiah (e.g., <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a>). Idols are described as powerless and futile, contrasting with the living God. This reflects the biblical condemnation of idolatry, which is seen as a betrayal of the covenant relationship with God. The New Testament continues this theme, emphasizing the futility of idols in passages like <a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who delivered God's messages to the people of Judah, warning them of impending judgment due to their idolatry and disobedience. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, depicted as a source of strength, protection, and refuge for His people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a> Refers to the Gentile nations who, in the future, will recognize the futility of their idolatry and turn to the true God. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_fathers.htm">The Fathers</a> Ancestors of the nations who passed down traditions and beliefs centered around false gods and idols. 5. <a href="/topical/w/worthless_idols.htm">Worthless Idols</a> The false gods worshiped by the nations, which are described as lies and of no benefit.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god_as_our_refuge.htm">God as Our Refuge</a> In times of distress, believers can find strength and protection in God, who is our fortress and refuge. This assurance is vital for enduring trials and challenges. <a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_idolatry.htm">The Futility of Idolatry</a> Idolatry, whether ancient or modern, is ultimately worthless and deceptive. Believers are called to examine their lives for anything that takes the place of God and to turn away from such idols. <a href="/topical/t/the_universal_call_to_god.htm">The Universal Call to God</a> God's plan includes the nations coming to recognize Him as the true God. This highlights the importance of evangelism and sharing the gospel with all people. <a href="/topical/g/generational_influence.htm">Generational Influence</a> The passage warns of the impact of inherited beliefs and traditions. Believers should be mindful of the legacy they pass on to future generations, ensuring it is rooted in truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 16</a> <a href="/q/is_sin_confession_needed_for_forgiveness.htm">What sustains my heart when my strength fails?</a> <a href="/q/meaning_of_'god_is_our_refuge'.htm">What does "God is our refuge and strength" mean?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_psalm_59_omit_1_sam_19_11_details.htm">Why does Psalm 59 align with David's perspective in 1 Samuel 19:11 but omit details that might resolve historical inconsistencies in the biblical account?</a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_91_contradict_job's_suffering.htm">In light of biblical accounts where the righteous do suffer (e.g., Job), does Psalm 91 contradict other Scriptures regarding God's protection?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) O Lord, my strength, and my fortress.--The words speak of a returning confidence in the prophet's mind, and find utterance in what is practically (though the Hebrew words are not the same) an echo of <a href="/psalms/18-2.htm" title="The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.">Psalm 18:2</a>, or more closely of <a href="/psalms/28-1.htm" title="To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.">Psalm 28:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/28-8.htm" title="The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.">Psalm 28:8</a>; <a href="/psalms/59-17.htm" title="To you, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defense, and the God of my mercy.">Psalm 59:17</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/22-3.htm" title="The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.">2Samuel 22:3</a>.The Gentiles shall come unto thee.--The sin and folly of Israel are painted in contrast with the prophet's vision of the future. Then, in that far-off time of which other prophets had spoken (<a href="/micah/4-1.htm" title="But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow to it.">Micah 4:1</a>; <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm" title="And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.">Isaiah 2:2</a>), the Gentiles should come to Jerusalem, turning from the "vanities" they had inherited; and yet Israel, who had inherited a truer faith, was now abasing herself even to their level or below it. Israel had answered in the affirmative the question which seemed to admit only of an answer in the negative: "Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?" . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, etc. Jeremiah falls into the tone of the psalmists (<a href="/psalms/18-2.htm">Psalm 18:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/28-8.htm">Psalm 28:8</a>; <a href="/psalms/59-17.htm">Psalm 59:17</a>). All that is choicest and most permanent in Old Testament religion finds its adequate lyric expression in the Book of Psalms. The Gentiles shall some unto thee. The article, however, is not expressed. "Nations." i.e. a crowd of peoples, hitherto ignorant of the true God, shall hasten to the scene of Jehovah's great interposition; they have been convinced by Israel's unlooked-for restoration of the unique divinity of Jehovah. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>O LORD, יְהוָ֞ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel my strength עֻזִּ֧י (‘uz·zî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5797.htm">Strong's 5797: </a> Strength, might and my fortress, וּמָעֻזִּ֛י (ū·mā·‘uz·zî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4581.htm">Strong's 4581: </a> A place or means of safety, protection my refuge וּמְנוּסִ֖י (ū·mə·nū·sî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4498.htm">Strong's 4498: </a> Flight, place of escape or refuge in the day בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of distress, צָרָ֑ה (ṣā·rāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6869.htm">Strong's 6869: </a> Tightness, a female rival the nations גּוֹיִ֤ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts will come יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ (yā·ḇō·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to You אֵלֶ֗יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to from the ends מֵֽאַפְסֵי־ (mê·’ap̄·sê-) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_657.htm">Strong's 657: </a> Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot of the earth, אָ֔רֶץ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land and they will say, וְיֹאמְר֗וּ (wə·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Our fathers אֲבוֹתֵ֔ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father inherited נָחֲל֣וּ (nā·ḥă·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5157.htm">Strong's 5157: </a> To inherit, to occupy, to bequeath, distribute, instate nothing but אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> A particle of affirmation, surely lies, שֶׁ֙קֶר֙ (še·qer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm">Strong's 8267: </a> Deception, disappointment, falsehood worthless idols הֶ֖בֶל (he·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1892.htm">Strong's 1892: </a> Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory of no וְאֵֽין־ (wə·’ên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle benefit at all.” מוֹעִֽיל׃ (mō·w·‘îl) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3276.htm">Strong's 3276: </a> To confer or gain profit or benefit <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/16-19.htm">Jeremiah 16:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-19.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 16:19 Yahweh my strength and my stronghold (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 16:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 16:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/16-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 16:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 16:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>