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Jeremiah 2:28

But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

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ASV

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

KJV

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַיֵּ֤הve.'ai.Yehand where?H346 →
אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.kha[are] gods yourH430 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.tayou madeH6213 →
לָּ֔ךְLakhfor <the> yourself
יָק֕וּמוּya.Ku.mulet them ariseH6965 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
יוֹשִׁיע֖וּךָyo.shi.'U.khathey will save youH3467 →
בְּעֵ֣תbe.'Etat [the] time ofH6256 →
רָעָתֶ֑ךָra.'a.Te.khacalamity yourH7451 →
כִּ֚יkiforH3588 →
מִסְפַּ֣רmis.Par[the] number ofH4557 →
עָרֶ֔יךָ'a.Rei.khacities yourH5892 →
הָי֥וּha.Yuthey areH1961 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khagods yourH430 →
יְהוּדָֽה׃ סye.hu.DahO JudahH3063 →

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Jeremiah 11:13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’Deuteronomy 32:37He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,Jonah 1:5The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.Isaiah 45:20Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”1 Corinthians 8:5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),Jeremiah 11:12Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.Jeremiah 37:19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?Isaiah 46:7They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.2 Kings 17:30–31The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,Isaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.Ezekiel 16:32You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!Hosea 13:10Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?Isaiah 47:12So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!2 Kings 3:13Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.Isaiah 46:2The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.Isaiah 19:12Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

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