Jeremiah 1:16-18

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶I will punish my people,
because they are guilty
of turning from me
to worship idols.

¹⁷Jeremiah, get ready!
Go and tell the people
what I command you to say.
Don't be frightened by them,
or I will make you terrified
while they watch.

¹⁸My power will make you strong
    like a fortress
    or a column of iron
    or a wall of bronze.
You will oppose all of Judah,
including its kings and leaders,
    its priests and people.

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Jeremiah 1:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶I will pronounce my judgments^(A) on my people
because of their wickedness^(B) in forsaking me,^(C)
in burning incense to other gods^(D)
and in worshiping^(E) what their hands have made.^(F)

¹⁷“Get yourself ready! Stand up and say^(G) to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified^(H) by them, or I will terrify you before them. ¹⁸Today I have made you^(I) a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land.

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Jeremiah 1:16-18

King James Version

¹⁶And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

¹⁷Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

¹⁸For, 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.

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