Jeremiah 3:23 “Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountain…”

Jeremiah 3:23

Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Truely the hope of the hilles is but vaine, nor the multitude of mountaines: but in the Lord our God is the health of Israel.

Darby Translation

Truly in vain [is salvation looked for] from the hills, [and] the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

Surely in vain from the heights, The multitude of mountains — Surely in Jehovah our God [is] the salvation of Israel.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“in vain”

Ezekiel 20:28 Jeremiah 3:6 Jeremiah 10:14–16 Isaiah 44:9 Isaiah 45:20 Psalm 121:1

Ezekiel 20:28 · BSB

When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured…

Jeremiah 3:6 · BSB

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Jeremiah 10:14–16 · BSB

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

Isaiah 44:9 · BSB

All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

Isaiah 45:20 · BSB

Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

Psalm 121:1 · BSB

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

“in the Lord”

Psalm 3:8 Isaiah 12:2 Hosea 1:7 John 4:22 Jeremiah 14:8 Isaiah 43:11

Psalm 3:8 · BSB

Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

Isaiah 12:2 · BSB

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Hosea 1:7 · BSB

Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

John 4:22 · BSB

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

Jeremiah 14:8 · BSB

O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?

Isaiah 43:11 · BSB

I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.

Also

Jeremiah 17:14

Jeremiah 17:14 · BSB

Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.

24From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

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