Jeremiah 49:11 “Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows tru…”

Jeremiah 49:11

Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

World English Bible

Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust in me.”

American Standard Version

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Leaue thy fathers children, and I will preserue them aliue, and let thy widowes trust in me.

Darby Translation

Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

Young's Literal Translation

Leave thine orphans — I do keep alive, And thy widows — on Me trust ye,

Bible in Basic English

Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

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Cross references

“thy fatherless”

Psalm 68:5 Hosea 14:3 James 1:27 Deuteronomy 10:18 Psalm 82:3 Psalm 146:9

Psalm 68:5 · BSB

A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.

Hosea 14:3 · BSB

Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

James 1:27 · BSB

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Deuteronomy 10:18 · BSB

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Psalm 82:3 · BSB

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

Psalm 146:9 · BSB

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

“let thy”

1 Timothy 5:5

1 Timothy 5:5 · BSB

The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

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

In context

10But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

12For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.

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