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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-doublet)
The nations will go to you
Here the word "nations" represents the people from the nations. Alternate translation: "The people from the nations will go to you" or "The people of the nations will come to you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-go)
the ends of the earth
This is an idiom that means the farthest places on the earth. By referencing both ends, it refers to everywhere in between. Alternate translation: "the farthest places on the earth" or "everywhere on earth" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)
our ancestors inherited deceit
Here the word "deceit" refers to false gods. Alternate translation: "our ancestors inherited nothing but 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 them to believe in. The two phrases mean basically the same thing, with the second explaining how they "are empty." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)