Jeremiah 3:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

In vain

In the lord

General references

Isaiah 17:7

Bible References

In vain

Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah, the king, "Have you seen what apostate Israel has done? She has gone on every high hill and under every leafy tree and she has prostituted [herself] there.

{Everyone} is stupid, {without knowledge}, every goldsmith is ashamed by [his] divine image, for his cast image [is] an illusion, and [there is] no breath in them.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains; whence will my help come?

All those who form an idol [are] nothing, and their delightful things do not profit. And their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be ashamed.

Assemble and come; draw near together, survivors of the nations! They do not know, those who carry {their wooden idols} and pray to a god who cannot save.

They carry it on [their] shoulder; they support it and they set it [in] its place, and it stands in position. It cannot be removed from its place; even [when] he cries out to it, it does not answer. It does not save him from his trouble.

And I brought them to the land that {I swore} to give to them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered their sacrifices, and they presented there the provocation of their offering, and they gave there their fragrant incense offering, and they poured out their libations there.

Those who worship vain idols forsake their loyal love.

In the lord

[You are] the hope of Israel, its savior in time of distress. Why should you be like an alien in the land, or like a traveler who spreads out [his tent] to spend the night?

To Yahweh belongs deliverance; [may] your blessing [be] over your people. Selah

And [the] salvation of [the] righteous [is] from Yahweh, their refuge in [the] time of trouble.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains; whence will my help come?

Look! God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and I will not be afraid, for my strength and might [is] Yah, Yahweh; and he has become salvation for me."

I myself [am] Yahweh, and there is no savior besides me!

Surely you [are] a God who keeps yourself hidden, God of Israel, [the] savior.

Who [is] this, coming from Edom, from Bozrah [in] bright red garments? [Who is] this honored in his garment, lying down in his great strength? "[It is] I, speaking in justice, {mighty} to save!"

But I will have pity [on] the house of Judah and I will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen.

You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

General references

On that day, mankind will look to its maker, and its eyes will look to the holy one of Israel;