Jeremiah 3:23
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. Though divorce law forbids a man from taking back a wife who has gone to another, God invites Israel to return. Faithless Israel's deeds are compared with treacherous Judah who saw the northern kingdom divorced and yet herself played the …
Other Translations
Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.
Surely in vain from the heights, The multitude of mountains--Surely in Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> the salvation of Israel.
Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
Cross References
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because …
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and …
I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they …
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world …