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Jeremiah 15:20

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 15:20

Verse 20 of 21

Scripture focus

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 15:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 15:20

Theological / Devotional

I will make thee. The Lord sought to encourage Jeremiah by giving him these precious promises. However, the Lord also saw fit to reveal to His servant some of the prophet’s future hardships. In vs. 20, 21 the Lord forewarned Jeremiah that the “wicked” would “fight” against him (see PK 419). Thus the severe persecutions Jeremiah experienced in his later ministry were not unexpected, and, forewarned, he was better prepared to meet them.

Brasen. That is, “of bronze.” The alloy we now call brass was not known in Jeremiah’s time. The figure of a fortified “brasen wall” is comparable to that of the “fortress” (see on Jer. 6:27) to which the prophet was likened.

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