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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 degrees. I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?
 2My help cometh from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the 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, 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, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
 16The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed 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 degrees. I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?
 2My help cometh from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth. (Psa. 121:1‑2)
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Isa. 44:9• 9They that form a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things are of no 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• 20Gather 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 on the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place; there he standeth, he doth not remove from his place: yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not; he saveth him not out of his trouble.
 8Remember this, and shew yourselves men; call it to mind, ye transgressors. (Isa. 46:7‑8)
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Ezek. 20:28• 28When I had brought them into the land which I had lifted up my hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; and there they placed their sweet savour, and there poured out their drink-offerings. (Ezek. 20:28)
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Jonah 2:8‑9• 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
 9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah. (Jonah 2:8‑9)
in the Lord.
Jer. 14:8• 8Thou hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night? (Jer. 14:8)
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Psa. 3:8• 8Salvation is of Jehovah; thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. (Psa. 3:8)
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Psa. 37:39‑40• 39But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
 40And Jehovah will help them and deliver them: he will deliver them from the wicked, and save them; for they trust in him. (Psa. 37:39‑40)
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Psa. 121:1‑2• 1A Song of degrees. I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?
 2My help cometh from Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth. (Psa. 121:1‑2)
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Isa. 12:2• 2Behold, *God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)
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Isa. 43:11• 11I, I am Jehovah; and besides 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. …
 17Israel 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, travelling 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, 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 I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, or by horses, or by horsemen. (Hos. 1:7)
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John 4:22• 22Ye worship ye know not what; 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.