Jeremiah 17:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.

¹⁸Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.

¹⁹Thus saith the Lord to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Juda come in, and go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem:

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Jeremiah 17:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷Do not be a terror^(A) to me;
    you are my refuge^(B) in the day of disaster.^(C)
¹⁸Let my persecutors be put to shame,
    but keep me from shame;
let them be terrified,
    but keep me from terror.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
    destroy them with double destruction.^(D)

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

¹⁹This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand at the Gate of the People,^[a] through which the kings of Judah go in and out; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem.^(E)

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