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Jeremiah 3

Jer. 3:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Truly
'aken (Hebrew #403)
firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but
KJV usage: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
Pronounce: aw-kane'
Origin: from 3559 (compare 3651)
in vain
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
is salvation hoped for from the hills
gib`ah (Hebrew #1389)
a hillock
KJV usage: hill, little hill.
Pronounce: ghib-aw'
Origin: feminine from the same as 1387
, and from the multitude
hamown (Hebrew #1995)
from 1993; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
KJV usage: abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.
Pronounce: haw-mone'
Origin: or hamon (Ezek. 5:7) {haw-mone'}
of mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
: truly
'aken (Hebrew #403)
firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but
KJV usage: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
Pronounce: aw-kane'
Origin: from 3559 (compare 3651)
t in the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
is the salvation
tshuw`ah (Hebrew #8668)
from 7768 in the sense of 3467; rescue (literal or figurative, pers., national or spir.)
KJV usage: deliverance, help, safety, salvation, victory.
Pronounce: tesh-oo-aw'
Origin: or tshuah {tesh-oo-aw'}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Psa. 121:1‑2• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:{HR}Whence shall my help come?
 2My help [is] from Jehovah,{HR}Maker of heavens and earth. (Psa. 121:1‑2)
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Isa. 63:16• 16For thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Jehovah, [art] our father; our Redeemer, from everlasting [is] thy name. (Isa. 63:16)

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Cross References

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in vain.
Jer. 3:6• 6And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication. (Jer. 3:6)
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Jer. 10:14‑16• 14Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
 15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
 16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:14‑16)
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Psa. 121:1‑2• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:{HR}Whence shall my help come?
 2My help [is] from Jehovah,{HR}Maker of heavens and earth. (Psa. 121:1‑2)
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Isa. 44:9• 9They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses: they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed. (Isa. 44:9)
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Isa. 45:20• 20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save. (Isa. 45:20)
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Isa. 46:7‑8• 7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
 8Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, ye transgressors. (Isa. 46:7‑8)
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Ezek. 20:28• 28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation to their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. (Ezek. 20:28)
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Jonah 2:8‑9• 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.{HR}
 9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving;{HR}I will pay that which I have vowed.{HR}Salvation is of Jehovah. (Jonah 2:8‑9)
in the Lord.
Jer. 14:8• 8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? (Jer. 14:8)
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Psa. 3:8• 8To Jehovah [belongeth] salvation:{HR}Thy blessing [is] upon thy people. Selah. (Psa. 3:8)
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Psa. 37:39‑40• 39And the salvation of the righteous [is] from Jehovah,{HR}[He is] their refuge in the time of trouble.
 40And Jehovah helpeth them and delivereth them;{HR}He will deliver them and save them{HR}Because they have trusted in him. (Psa. 37:39‑40)
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Psa. 121:1‑2• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:{HR}Whence shall my help come?
 2My help [is] from Jehovah,{HR}Maker of heavens and earth. (Psa. 121:1‑2)
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Isa. 12:2• 2Behold, God [is] my salvation:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)
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Isa. 43:11• 11I, I [am] Jehovah; and beside me there is no saviour. (Isa. 43:11)
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Isa. 45:15,17• 15Verily thou [art] a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
 17[But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded unto the ages of ages. (Isa. 45:15,17)
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Isa. 63:1,16• 1Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this [that is] glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
 16For thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Jehovah, [art] our father; our Redeemer, from everlasting [is] thy name. (Isa. 63:1,16)
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Hos. 1:7• 7But, I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. (Hos. 1:7)
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John 4:22• 22Ye worship what ye know not: we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews. (John 4:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Truly in vain is salvation looked for from the hills, and the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

W. Kelly Translation

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Truly in vain is salvation looked for from the hills, and the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)