And they will fight against you but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to save 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.
- 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.”
- 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 1:9Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Jer 1:8Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.
- Jer 20:11But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail. They shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
- Ps 129:2many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
- Jer 29:25–32“Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
- Jer 26:11–24Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, “This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”
- Jer 15:10–21Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me.
- Jer 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn’t know that they had devised devices against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”
- Jer 37:11–21When the army of the Chaldeans had broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
- Jer 20:1–6Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in Yahweh’s house, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
- Jer 38:6–13Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank 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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