Jeremiah 15:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ When I received your words, I ate them.
    They filled me with joy.
    My heart took delight in them.
Lord God who rules over all,
    I belong to you.
¹⁷ I never sat around with those who go to wild parties.
    I never had a good time with them.
I sat alone because you had put your powerful hand on me.
    Your anger against sin was burning inside me.
¹⁸ Why does my pain never end?
    Why is my wound so deep?
    Why can’t I ever get well?
To me you are like a stream that runs dry.
    You are like a spring that doesn’t have any water.