en_tn/jer/16/19.md

## Yahweh, you are my stronghold ##

Here Jeremiah begins speaking to Yahweh.

## my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety ##

Jeremiah speaks of Yahweh as a place where enemies cannot attack him. He repeats the same idea three times. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## the ends of the earth ##

AT: "everywhere on earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## our ancestors inherited deceit ##

Here the word "deceit" refers to false gods. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## They are empty; there is no profit in them ##

Here the words "They" and "them" refer to the false gods that the ancestors taught us to believe in. The two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## Do people make gods for themselves? ##

Jeremiah asks this question to emphasize that people cannot make gods for themselves. AT: "People can not make gods for themselves." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## Therefore see! ##

Here Yahweh begins speaking. The word “see” adds emphasis to what follows. AT: “Therefore, indeed,”

## I will cause them to know ##

Here the word "them" refers to the people from the nations. Yahweh repeats this phrase for emphasis.

## my hand and my power ##

Here the word "hand" refers to power and authority. The two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

## they will know that Yahweh is my name ##

Here the word "name" refers to Yahweh's entire person. AT: "the will know that I am Yahweh, the true God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])