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15 Look, they are saying to me,
    “Where is the word of Yahweh?
    Please let it come.”
16 But I, I have not run away from being a shepherd who follows you,[a]
    and I have not desired the disastrous day.
You, you know the pronouncement of my lips,
    it was before your face.
17 You must not become to me a terror,
    you are my refuge in the day of disaster.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:16 Literally “after 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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