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Jeremiah’s Third Complaint

14 Lord, if you heal me, I surely will be healed.
    Save me, and I surely will be saved.
    Lord, I praise you!
15 The people of Judah continue to ask me questions.
    They say, “Jeremiah, what about the message from the Lord?
    Let’s see that message come true.”

16 Lord, I did not run away from you.
    I followed you.
    I became the shepherd[a] you wanted.
I did not want the terrible day to come.
    You know what I said.
    You see all that is happening.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:16 shepherd God’s people are sometimes called his “sheep,” and the person who takes care of them is called the “shepherd.”

14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;(A)
    save(B) me and I will be saved,
    for you are the one I praise.(C)
15 They keep saying to me,
    “Where is the word of the Lord?
    Let it now be fulfilled!”(D)
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
    you know I have not desired the day of despair.
    What passes my lips(E) is open before you.

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