Jeremiah 15:18

Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

In Context

17I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of thy power: I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.

19Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou wilt return, then will I restore thee, and thou shalt stand before my face: and if thou wilt bring forth the precious from the worthless, thou shalt be as my mouth: and they shall return to thee; but thou shalt not return to them.

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Cross References

Job 6:15My nearest relations have not regarded me; 1 They have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave. 1

Job 34:6And he has erred in my judgment: 1 My wound is severe without unrighteousness of mine. 1

Psalms 13:1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. 1 They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; 1 There is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one. 1

Jeremiah 14:3And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.

Jeremiah 20:7Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived: thou hast been strong, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughingstock, I am continually mocked every day.

Jeremiah 30:12As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrah and they that sojourned in her, saith the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man inhabit there.

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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