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15 Look, they are saying to me,
    “Where is the word of Adonai?
    Let it come now!”[a]
16 As for me, I have not run away from being a shepherd after You,
    nor have I desired the woeful day.
    What came out of my lips You know—it was before You.
17 Be not a ruin to me—
    You are my refuge in the evil day.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:15 cf. 2 Pet. 3:4.

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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