Jeremiah 15:19

For this cause the Lord has said, If you will come back, then I will again let you take your place before me; and if you give out what is of value and not that which has no value, you will be as my mouth: let them come back to you, but do not go back to them.

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In The King James Version

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

In Context

18Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.

20And I will make you a strong wall of brass to this people; they will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you to keep you safe, says the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:12So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say.

Exodus 6:29The Lord said to Moses, I am the Lord: say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I am saying to you.

Leviticus 14:57To make clear when it is unclean and when it is clean: this is the law about the disease of the leper.

Proverbs 22:29Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:

Jeremiah 15:10Sorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 15:16-21

The Prophet's Humble Appeal to God; God's Answer to Jeremiah's Address. ( b. c. 606.) 15 O Lord , thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou… Read the whole commentary →

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