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Jeremiah 15:20

Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Jeremiah immediately after a conditional promise of restoration, positioning the prophet as a fortified boundary for the people.

The words — The text highlights נְחֹשֶׁת (necho-shet) meaning bronze and בְּצוּרָה (be-tzu-ra) meaning fortified, describing the unyielding material of the prophetic wall.

The thread — This imagery of divine protection and fortified resilience recurs in Jeremiah 1:18, Ezekiel 3:9, and Psalm 46:7.

Why it lands — The passage states that opposition will fail because God remains present to save and deliver, requiring the reader to accept divine protection as the basis for prophetic endurance.

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The Hebrew words

וּנְתַתִּ֜יךָu./ne.ta.Ti./khaand/ I will make/ youלָעָ֣םla./'Amfor the/ peopleהַזֶּ֗הha./Zeh<the>/ thisלְחוֹמַ֤תle./cho.Matinto/ a wall ofנְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ne.Cho.shetbronzeבְּצוּרָ֔הbe.tzu.Rahfortifiedוְנִלְחֲמ֥וּve./nil.cha.Muand/ people will fightאֵלֶ֖יךָ'e.Lei./khaagainst/ youוְלֹא־ve./lo'-and/ notי֣וּכְלוּYu.khe.luthey will prevailלָ֑ךְLa/khto <the>/ youכִּֽי־ki-forאִתְּךָ֥'i.te./Kha[will be] with/ youאֲנִ֛י'a.NiIלְהוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֥le./ho.shi.'a./Khato/ save/ youוּלְהַצִּילֶ֖ךָu./le./ha.tzi.Le./khaand/ to/ deliver/ youנְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahweh

King James Version

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.

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