Jeremiah 16:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷I can see everything you are doing, even if you try to hide your sins from me. ¹⁸I will punish you double for your sins, because you have polluted my own land. You have filled it with lifeless idols that remind me of dead bodies.

The Lord Gives Strength

I prayed to the Lord:

¹⁹Our Lord, you are the one
    who gives me strength
and protects me like a fortress
    when I am in trouble.
People will come to you
    from distant nations and say,
“Our ancestors worshiped
    false and useless gods,

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Jeremiah 16:17-19

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¹⁷My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden^(A) from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.^(B) ¹⁸I will repay^(C) them double^(D) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land^(E) with the lifeless forms of their vile images^(F) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.^(G)”^(H)

¹⁹Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge^(I) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come^(J)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,^(K)
    worthless idols^(L) that did them no good.^(M)

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The Lord Gives Strength

I prayed to the Lord:

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