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Jeremiah 14:9

Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

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ASV

Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

KJV

Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָ֤מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100 →
תִֽהְיֶה֙tih.Yehare youH1961 →
כְּאִ֣ישׁke.'Ishlike a personH376 →
נִדְהָ֔םnid.HamastoundedH1724 →
כְּגִבּ֖וֹרke.gi.Borlike a warriorH1368 →
לֹא־lo'-[who] notH3808 →
יוּכַ֣לyu.Khalhe is ableH3201 →
לְהוֹשִׁ֑יעַle.ho.Shi.a'to saveH3467 →
וְאַתָּ֧הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
בְקִרְבֵּ֣נוּve.kir.Be.nu[are] in midst ourH7130 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
וְשִׁמְךָ֛ve.shim.Khaand name yourH8034 →
עָלֵ֥ינוּ'a.Lei.nuon usH5921 →
נִקְרָ֖אnik.Ra'it is calledH7121 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תַּנִּחֵֽנוּ׃ סta.ni.Che.nuyou abandon usH5117 →

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Numbers 6:27So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”Habakkuk 1:2How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?Isaiah 63:19We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.Isaiah 59:1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.Psalms 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.Numbers 11:23The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”Numbers 14:15–16If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,Ezekiel 48:35The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”Amos 9:12that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.Daniel 9:19O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”Daniel 9:18–19Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.Exodus 29:45–46Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.Isaiah 50:1–2This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”Acts 15:17so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these thingsZechariah 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

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