Jeremiah 15:21I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~605 BC. God's final promise to Jeremiah who will face kings, priests, and false prophets in modern-day Israel/Palestine...
The emotion here: protective father promising to fight for his vulnerable child
The original word
padah (פָּדָה) — to redeem by paying a price, like buying a slave's freedom
Why it matters
The 'terrible' refers to violent tyrants - Jeremiah would face King Jehoiakim who burned his scroll and tried to kill him
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 15:21
God uses TWO different words - 'deliver' (rescue) and 'redeem' (buy back) - suggesting both immediate help and permanent freedom
Common misconceptionPeople think this means God will immediately remove all difficult people, but Jeremiah still faced 40 years of opposition - God delivered him through it, not from it.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 15:21
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 15:21 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 15:21 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Yahweh. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 90% and a tone that is prophetic. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine deliverance, redemption. Notable phrases: deliver you; redeem you. This verse contains a promise of God. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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