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19 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,[a]
    things that are worthless,
        and in which there is no profit.”
20 Can a person make a god for himself?
    They are not gods!
21 Therefore, I’m about to make them understand;
    this time I’ll make them understand
my power and strength,
    so they’ll understand that my name is the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:19 I.e. false gods or idols

19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge(A) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(B)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(C)
    worthless idols(D) that did them no good.(E)
20 Do people make their own gods?
    Yes, but they are not gods!”(F)

21 “Therefore I will teach them—
    this time I will teach them
    my power and might.
Then they will know
    that my name(G) is the Lord.

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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.

20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.

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