Jeremiah 16:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.”

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BSBPD

““Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Therefore, lo, I am causing them to know at this time, I cause them to know My hand and My might, And they have known that My name <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 16:21 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:14Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
  2. Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
  3. Exodus 15:3The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
  4. Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
  5. Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
  6. Isaiah 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
  7. Jeremiah 33:2“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:
  8. Ezekiel 6:7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
  9. Ezekiel 24:24‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
  10. Ezekiel 24:27On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
  11. Ezekiel 25:14I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’
  12. Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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