Jeremiah 16:20

Jeremiah 16:20 in other translations

What does Jeremiah 16:20 mean?

Jeremiah 16:20 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Jeremiah 16:20

• Psalms 115:4-8

  Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. …

• Isaiah 37:19

  And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

• Galatians 4:8

  Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

• Acts 19:26

  Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

• Isaiah 36:19

  Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

• Jeremiah 2:11

  Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

• Psalms 135:14-18

  For the Lord will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. …

• Hosea 8:4-6

  They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

• Galatians 1:8

  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

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Context

• Jeremiah 16:19

  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.

• Jeremiah 16:20

  Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

• Jeremiah 16:21

  Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.

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