Jeremiah 17:17

Be not to me a stranger, but spare me in the evil day.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

In Context

16But I have not been weary of following thee, nor have I desired the day of man; thou knowest; the words that proceed out of my lips are before thy face.

18Let them that persecute me be ashamed, but let me not be ashamed: let them be alarmed, but let me not be alarmed: bring upon them the evil day, crush them with double destruction.

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Cross References

Job 31:23For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.

Psalms 88:15Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Jeremiah 17:7But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord shall be.

Nahum 1:7The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him.

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 →

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