Jeremiah 15:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ Your words were found, and I consumed them.
    Your words were joy and my hearts delight,
because I bear your name,^[a]
    Lord God of the Heavenly Armies.
¹⁷ I didn’t sit in the company of those who have fun,
    and I didn’t rejoice.
Because of your hand on me,^[b] I sat alone,
    for you filled me with indignation.
¹⁸ Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?

You are like a deceptive brook,
    whose waters cannot be depended on.