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Jeremiah 1:18

For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

KJV

Ego quippe dedi te hodie in civitatem munitam, et in columnam ferream, et in murum æreum, super omnem terram, regibus Juda, principibus ejus, et sacerdotibus, et populo terræ.

Vulgate

ἰδοὺ τέθεικά σε ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ὡς πόλιν ὀχυρὰν καὶ ὡς τεῖχος χαλκοῦν, ὀχυροῦν πᾶσιν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς·

LXX

For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

ASV

וַ/אֲנִ֞י הִנֵּ֧ה נְתַתִּ֣י/ךָ הַ/יּ֗וֹם לְ/עִ֨יר מִבְצָ֜ר וּ/לְ/עַמּ֥וּד בַּרְזֶ֛ל וּ/לְ/חֹמ֥וֹת נְחֹ֖שֶׁת עַל כָּל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ לְ/מַלְכֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ לְ/שָׂרֶ֔י/הָ לְ/כֹהֲנֶ֖י/הָ וּ/לְ/עַ֥ם הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahJudah

In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בַּרְזֶל֙
brzl
noun · 76×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִבְצָֽר
mbtsr
noun · 37×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נְחֹֽשֶׁת
nchsht
noun · 140×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עַמּ֣וּד
'mvd
noun · 112×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. What then says the mouth of the apostles, Peter, the ever fervent, the leader of the apostolic choir? When all are asked, he answers. And whereas when He asked the opinion of the people, all replied to the question; when He asked their own, Peter springs forward, and anticipates them, and says, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16:16 What then says Chris…

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 3:15 — But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
  • Acts 6:10 — And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
  • Acts 18:10 — For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
  • Ezek 3:8 — Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
  • Ezek 3:8 — Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
  • Isa 49:2 — And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
  • Isa 50:7 — For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
  • Isa 50:7 — For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
  • Jer 6:27 — I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
  • Jer 6:27 — I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
  • Jer 15:18 — Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
  • Jer 15:20 — And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the L
  • Jer 15:20 — And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the L
  • Jer 21:4 — Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you with
  • Jer 26:12 — Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
  • Jer 26:24 — Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
  • Jer 34:3 — And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mo
  • Jer 34:20 — I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the ear
  • Jer 36:27 — Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
  • Jer 37:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt i
  • Jer 38:2 — Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a
  • Jer 42:22 — Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
  • Luke 1:28 — And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
  • Mic 3:8 — But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
  • Mic 3:8 — But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
  • Ps 31:21 — Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
  • Rev 3:12 — Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,
  • Zech 10:4 — Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.