Jeremiah 17:17

“Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.”

"Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil." - Jeremiah 17:17
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What does Jeremiah 17:17 mean?

Jeremiah 17:17 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil." This verse can be interpreted in a few different ways, based on the context and themes of the book of Jeremiah as a whole. Jeremiah was a prophet during…

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Finding Hope in the Darkness

Jeremiah 17:17 states, "Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil." These words, spoken in a time of deep personal and national despair, resonate with the human soul's cry for reassurance amid tumultuous circumstances. Jeremiah, regarded as the weeping…

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A Prayer of Hope in Times of Distress

O Lord God, Almighty and Everlasting Father, As I kneel before You in humble adoration, I am reminded of the words from Your servant Jeremiah, who cried out in a moment of anguish: "Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil" (Jeremiah 17:17, KJV). I come to…

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Jeremiah 41:17 (KJVA) 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
Jeremiah 41:17 (KJVA) 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
Jeremiah 28:17 - "So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month."
Jeremiah 7:17 - "¶ Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?"
Jeremiah 17:12 - "¶ A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary."
Jeremiah 17:7 - "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is."
Young prophet Jeremiah 17 years old
Jeremiah 17:9 - "¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"
Jeremiah 10:17 - "¶ Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress."
Jeremiah 12:17 - "But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 41:17 - "And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,"
Jeremiah 26:17 - "Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,"
Jeremiah 17:15 - "¶ Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now."
Jeremiah 17:2 - "Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills."
Jeremiah 22:17 - "But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it."
Jeremiah 27:17 - "Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?"
Jeremiah 46:17 - "They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed."
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Titus 1:7
Jeremiah 33:17 - "¶ For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;"
Jeremiah 17:23 - "But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction."
Jeremiah 31:17 - "And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border."
Jeremiah 36:17 - "And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?"
Jeremiah 6:17 - "Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken."