Jeremiah 3:23
Strong's Lexicon
Surely
אָכֵ֥ן (’ā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 403: 1) surely, truly, indeed 1a) truly, indeed (strong assertive force) 1b) but indeed, but in fact (emphasizing a contrast)

deception
לַשֶּׁ֛קֶר (laš·še·qer)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8267: 1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood 1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) 1b) deceit, fraud, wrong 1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb) 1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony) 1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely 1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) 1e) lie, falsehood (in general) 1e1) false tongue 1f) in vain

[comes from] the hills,
מִגְּבָע֖וֹת (mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1389: 1) hill 1a) hill (lower than a mountain) 1b) as a place of illicit worship 1c) poetic for mountain 1d) used in place names

commotion
הָמ֣וֹן (hā·mō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1995: 1) (Qal) murmur, roar, crowd, abundance, tumult, sound 1a) sound, murmur, rush, roar 1b) tumult, confusion 1c) crowd, multitude 1d) great number, abundance 1e) abundance, wealth

from the mountains,
הָרִ֑ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2022: 1) hill, mountain, hill country, mount

but surely
אָכֵן֙ (’ā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 403: 1) surely, truly, indeed 1a) truly, indeed (strong assertive force) 1b) but indeed, but in fact (emphasizing a contrast)

the salvation
תְּשׁוּעַ֖ת (tə·šū·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8668: 1) salvation, deliverance 1a) deliverance (usually by God through human agency) 1b) salvation (spiritual in sense)

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

is in the LORD
בַּיהֹוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

our God.
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Surely, falsehood comes from  the hills, commotion from the mountains,  but the salvation of Israel is only in the LORD our  God. 

New American Standard Bible
"Surely, the hills are a deception, A tumult [on] the mountains. Surely in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills and mountains is a deception; surely in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

New Living Translation
Our worship of idols on the hills and our religious orgies on the mountains are a delusion. Only in the LORD our God will Israel ever find salvation.

English Standard Version
Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
"Surely, the hills are a deception, A tumult on the mountains. Surely in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Surely, falsehood comes from the hills, commotion from the mountains, but the salvation of Israel is only in the LORD our God.

International Standard Version
Truly the hills are a deception, and the mountains are confusion. Truly, in the LORD our God is Israel's salvation."

NET Bible
We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the LORD our God is the only one who can deliver Israel.

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.

English Revised Version
Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in the LORD 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.
















Cross References
Psalm 3:8
Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

Psalm 62:7
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Proverbs 21:31
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:2
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Jeremiah 31:7
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Jeremiah 3:22
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 3:21
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 3:20
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 3:24
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
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