Jeremiah 17:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ People continue to say to me,
    “Where is the word of the Lord?
    Let it come to pass.”
¹⁶ I have never tried to avoid
    being a shepherd in your service,
    nor have I desired the clay of despair.
Every word that passed my lips
    has always been known to you.
¹⁷ Do not become a source of terror to me;
    you will be my refuge on the day of disaster.