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15 Look, they’re saying to me,
    “Where is the message from the Lord?
        Let it come about!”
16 I haven’t run away from being your shepherd,[a]
    and I haven’t longed for the day of sickness.[b]
You know what comes out from my lips,
    it’s open before you.[c]
17 Don’t be a terror to me.
    You are my refuge in a day of trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:16 Lit. from shepherding after you
  2. Jeremiah 17:16 I.e. the day of judgment
  3. Jeremiah 17:16 Lit. it is in front of you

15 They keep saying to me,
    “Where is the word of the Lord?
    Let it now be fulfilled!”(A)
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
    you know I have not desired the day of despair.
    What passes my lips(B) is open before you.
17 Do not be a terror(C) to me;
    you are my refuge(D) in the day of disaster.(E)

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