Verse 20
Jeremiah 16:20
New King James Version
20
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they
are no gods?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/יַעֲשֶׂה לּ֥/וֹ אָדָ֖ם אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ/הֵ֖מָּה לֹ֥א אֱלֹהִֽים
English Translation
Will man make for himself gods, when they are not gods?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 16 Context
1
The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
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2
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
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3
For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place...
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4
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried;
but the...
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5
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them:...
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6
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall
men lam...
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7
Neither shall
men tear
themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall...
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8
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
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9
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of t...
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10
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto...
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11
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walke...
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12
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of hi...
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13
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not,
neither ye nor your fathers...
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14
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, th...
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15
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from al...
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16
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I sen...
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17
For mine eyes
are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid...
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18
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land,...
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19
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall com...
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20
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they
are no gods?
21
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my m...
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