OET interlinear JER 16:19

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Yahweh, you are my stronghold

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH strength_of,my and,stronghold_of,my and,my_place_of,of_escape in/on=day distress to,you nations they_went from_[the],ends earth and,they_will_say nothing_but lies inherited ancestors_of,our Abel and,there_[was]_not in,them profit )

Here Jeremiah begins speaking to Yahweh.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH strength_of,my and,stronghold_of,my and,my_place_of,of_escape in/on=day distress to,you nations they_went from_[the],ends earth and,they_will_say nothing_but lies inherited ancestors_of,our Abel and,there_[was]_not in,them profit )

Jeremiah speaks of Yahweh as a place where enemies cannot attack him. He repeats the same idea three times.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) The nations will go to you

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH strength_of,my and,stronghold_of,my and,my_place_of,of_escape in/on=day distress to,you nations they_went from_[the],ends earth and,they_will_say nothing_but lies inherited ancestors_of,our Abel and,there_[was]_not in,them profit )

Here the word “nations” represents the people from the nations. Alternate translation: [The people from the nations will go to you]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) the ends of the earth

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH strength_of,my and,stronghold_of,my and,my_place_of,of_escape in/on=day distress to,you nations they_went from_[the],ends earth and,they_will_say nothing_but lies inherited ancestors_of,our Abel and,there_[was]_not in,them profit )

This is an idiom that means the farthest places on the earth. Alternate translation: [the farthest places on the earth]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) our ancestors inherited deceit

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH strength_of,my and,stronghold_of,my and,my_place_of,of_escape in/on=day distress to,you nations they_went from_[the],ends earth and,they_will_say nothing_but lies inherited ancestors_of,our Abel and,there_[was]_not in,them profit )

Here the word “deceit” refers to false gods. Alternate translation: [our ancestors inherited nothing but false gods]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) They are empty; there is no profit in them

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH strength_of,my and,stronghold_of,my and,my_place_of,of_escape in/on=day distress to,you nations they_went from_[the],ends earth and,they_will_say nothing_but lies inherited ancestors_of,our Abel and,there_[was]_not in,them profit )

Here the words “They” and “them” refer to the false gods that the ancestors taught them to believe in. The two phrases mean basically the same thing, with the second explaining how they “are empty.”