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Jeremiah 1:18

Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַאֲנִ֞יva.'a.Niand IH589 →
הִנֵּ֧הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
נְתַתִּ֣יךָne.ta.Ti.khaI have made youH5414 →
הַיּ֗וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117 →
לְעִ֨ירle.'Irinto a city ofH5892 →
מִבְצָ֜רmiv.TzarfortificationH4013 →
וּלְעַמּ֥וּדu.le.'a.Mudand into a pillar ofH5982 →
בַּרְזֶ֛לbar.ZelironH1270 →
וּלְחֹמ֥וֹתu.le.cho.Motand into walls ofH2346 →
נְחֹ֖שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronzeH5178 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
לְמַלְכֵ֤יle.mal.Kheito [the] kings ofH4428 →
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
לְשָׂרֶ֔יהָle.sa.Rei.hato officials itsH8269 →
לְכֹהֲנֶ֖יהָle.kho.ha.Nei.hato priests itsH3548 →
וּלְעַ֥םu.le.'Amand to [the] people ofH5971 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776 →

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Isaiah 50:7Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.Ezekiel 3:8–9Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.Jeremiah 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.Jeremiah 6:27“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.Micah 3:8–9As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.Jeremiah 36:27–32After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:Jeremiah 34:20–22I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.Jeremiah 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.Isaiah 49:2He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.Jeremiah 38:2“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.Jeremiah 26:12–15But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.Psalms 31:21Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.Ezekiel 3:8Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.Jeremiah 21:4this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.Jeremiah 42:22Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”Jeremiah 34:3And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.Zechariah 10:4The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

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