Jeremiah 16:19
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
הֶבֶל
Vanity, breath, emptiness. Hebel. A breath that vanishes, emptiness. Ecclesiastes says everything apart from God is hebel. It looks solid but it is vapor. Only God endures.
עֹז
strength/ my
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עֹז
Strength, might, power. Oz. Bold unyielding strength that does not tire or fail. The LORD is my strength and my song. His strength is made perfect in our weakness.
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נָחַל
they possessed
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נָחַל
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
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יְהֹוָה
O Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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גּוֹי
nations
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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יַעַל
a thing that profits
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יַעַל
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
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צָרָה
trouble
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צָרָה
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
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שֶׁקֶר
falsehood
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שֶׁקֶר
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
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