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18 I will first (A)doubly repay their iniquity and their sin because they have (B)profaned My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their (C)detestable idols and with their abominations.”

19 O Yahweh, my (D)strength and my strong defense,
And my (E)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the (F)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but (G)lies,
Futility and [a](H)things of no profit.”
20 Can man make gods for himself?
Yet they are (I)not gods!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:19 Lit there is nothing profitable in them

18 I will repay(A) them double(B) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(C) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(D) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(E)(F)

19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge(G) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(H)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(I)
    worthless idols(J) that did them no good.(K)
20 Do people make their own gods?
    Yes, but they are not gods!”(L)

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