Jeremiah 16:20 · KJV
“Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they {are} no gods?”
— Jeremiah 16:20
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and {things} wherein {there is} no profit.
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. {The LORD: or, JEHOVAH}
Jeremiah 16 — Context
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and {things} wherein {there is} no profit.
20Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they {are} no gods?
21Therefore, 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. {The LORD: or, JEHOVAH}
Cross References
Psalms 115:4-8
Their idols {are} silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Isaiah 37:19
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they {were} no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. {cast: Heb. given}
Galatians 4:8
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Jeremiah 2:11
Hath a nation changed {their} gods, which {are} yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for {that which} doth not profit.
Acts 19:26
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
Hosea 8:4-6
They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew {it} not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Psalms 135:14-18
For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
Isaiah 36:19
Where {are} the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where {are} the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?