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Jeremiah 15:16-18
International Standard Version
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?
God’s Answer to Jeremiah’s Revised Complaint
You are like a deceptive brook,
whose waters cannot be depended on.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 15:16 Lit. your name is called on me
- Jeremiah 15:17 The Heb. lacks on me
Jeremiah 15:16-18
New International Version
Jeremiah 15:16-18
New International Version
16 When your words came, I ate(A) them;
they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(B)
for I bear your name,(C)
Lord God Almighty.
17 I never sat(D) in the company of revelers,
never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand(E) was on me
and you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending
and my wound grievous and incurable?(F)
You are to me like a deceptive brook,
like a spring that fails.(G)
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