Verse 20

Jeremiah 16:20

Noah Webster Bible

20 Shall a man make gods to 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?

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Chapter 16 Context

1 The word of the LORD came also to me, saying, Focus ↗

2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place. Focus ↗

3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place... Focus ↗

4 They shall die by grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but the... Focus ↗

5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them:... Focus ↗

6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lam... Focus ↗

7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall... Focus ↗

8 Also thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. Focus ↗

9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of t... Focus ↗

10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say to t... Focus ↗

11 Then shalt thou say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked... Focus ↗

12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of hi... Focus ↗

13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers... Focus ↗

14 Therefore behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, tha... Focus ↗

15 But, The LORD liveth, that brought the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all t... Focus ↗

16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and afterwards will... Focus ↗

17 For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid fr... Focus ↗

18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land,... Focus ↗

19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come... Focus ↗

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

21 Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know my hand and my migh... Focus ↗

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