Jeremiah 14:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹Why 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.

Jeremiah 14:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 63:19
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
Isaiah 59:1
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Psalms 46:5
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
Numbers 14:15-16
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, …
Numbers 11:23
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

The first verse is the title of the whole chapter: it does indeed all concern the dearth, but much of it consists of the prophet’s prayers concerning it; yet these are not unfitly said to be, The word of the Lord which came to him concerning it, for every acceptable prayer is that which God puts into our hearts; nothing is our word that comes to him but what is first his word that comes from him.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. astonied--like a “mighty man,” at other times able to help (Is 59:1), but now stunned by a sudden calamity so as to disappoint the hopes drawn from him. art in the midst of us--(Ex 29:45, 46; Le 26:11, 12). called by thy name--(Da 9:18, 19) as Thine own peculiar people (De 9:29).