They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says Yahweh, “to rescue you.”
- KJV And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
- NKJV They will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”
- NASB And they will fight against you but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to save you,” declares the Lord.
- NLT They will fight you, but they will fail. For I am with you, and I will take care of you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
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Quick answer
Enemies will fight Jeremiah but not overcome him, for God is with him. Divine presence guarantees ultimate protection.
Overview
Yahweh promises that though many will fight Jeremiah, they will not prevail, because 'I am with you to rescue you.' The verse closes the call narrative by reaffirming God's sustaining presence. This assurance to a beleaguered prophet anticipates Christ's promise that the gates of hell will not prevail against His church.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Jer 1:8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Jer 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
- Ps 129:2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
- Jer 29:25–32this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
- Jer 26:11–24Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
- Jer 15:10–21Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
- Jer 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
- Jer 37:11–21When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
- Jer 20:1–6When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
- Jer 38:6–13So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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