Jeremiah 15:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶     When I discovered Your words, I ate them up:
        they were my great joy and my heart’s delight.
    I am Yours, and I bear the name of the Eternal God,
        Commander of heavenly armies.
¹⁷     I never sat in the circle of jokesters,
        nor did I celebrate with them.
    No. I stayed to myself, sat alone because Your hand was heavy on me;
        You filled me with indignation over their sins.
¹⁸     So why does my pain never end?
        Why does this wound never heal?
    Will you be to me as deceptive and unreliable as a dry stream to a thirsty man?