Jeremiah 16:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹ Lord, you give me strength.
    You are like a fort to me.
When I’m in trouble,
    I go to you for safety.
The nations will come to you
    from one end of the earth to the other.
    They will gather together and say,
“Our people of long ago didn’t own anything
    except statues of gods.
The statues were worthless.
    They didn’t do them any good.
²⁰ Do human beings really make their own gods?
    Yes. But they aren’t really gods at all!”

²¹ The Lord says, “So I will teach them about myself.
    This time I will show them
    how powerful and mighty I am.
Then they will know
    that I am the Lord.