Jeremiah 17:14-16
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:16 shepherd God’s people are sometimes called his “sheep,” and the person who takes care of them is called the “shepherd.”
Jeremiah 17:14-16
New International Version
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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