And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
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.”
- BSB They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- 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
Cross-references · 11
- Josh 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
- Jer 1:8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
- Jer 20:11But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
- Ps 129:2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
- Jer 29:25–32Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
- Jer 26:11–24Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
- Jer 15:10–21Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
- Jer 11:19But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
- Jer 37:11–21And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
- Jer 20:1–6Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
- Jer 38:6–13Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
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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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