Jeremiah 17:18
Let them be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame. Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17Be not a terror to me. Thou are my refuge in the day of evil.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands. Smite through the loins of those who rise up against him, and of those who hate him, that they not rise again.
Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee I have trusted. Let me not be put to shame. Let not my enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself. Let him fall in it with destruction.
Psalms 40:14Let them be put to shame and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
Psalms 71:1In thee, O LORD, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
Jeremiah 11:20But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tries the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my case.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:13-19
God's Justice Acknowledged; The Prophet's Appeal of God. ( b. c. 605.) 12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. 13 O Lord , the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord , the fountain of living waters. 14 Heal me, O Lord , and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. 15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord ? let it come… Read the whole commentary →