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Jeremiah 1:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. "
Jeremiah 1:18
Verse in Context
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16 I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
17 “You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.
18 For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
19 They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says the LORD, “to rescue you.”
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Jeremiah 1:1
"The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin."
Jeremiah 1:2
"The LORD’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign."
Jeremiah 1:3
"It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month."
Jeremiah 1:4
"Now the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"
Jeremiah 1:5
"“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”"
Jeremiah 1:6
"Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”"
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