Jeremiah 14:8
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14:8You have been the object of Israel’s hopes.
You have saved them when they were in trouble.
Why have you become like a resident foreigner16 in the land?
Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night?
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- 16 It would be a mistake to translate this word as “stranger.” This word (גֵּר, ger) refers to a resident alien or resident foreigner who stays in a country not his own. He is accorded the privilege of protection through the common rights of hospitality but he does not have the rights of the native born or citizen. The simile here is particularly effective. The land was the Lord’s land; they were but resident foreigners and tenants on it (Lev 25:23). Jeremiah’s complaint here is particularly bold. For further information on the status of “resident foreigners” see 4:397–99 “Sojourner.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
O you hope of Israel,
its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
You who are the hope of Israel,
its Savior in times of distress,
why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Hope of Israel,
its Savior in time of distress,
why are you like a resident alien in the land,
like a traveler stopping only for the night?
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
O Hope of Israel, our Savior in times of trouble,
why are you like a stranger to us?
Why are you like a traveler passing through the land,
stopping only for the night?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
You are the hope of Israel,
its savior in time of distress.
Why should you be like an alien in the land,
or like a traveler who spreads out his tent to spend the night?
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
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