Jeremiah 15:17

When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry with those people because of their sins.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

In Context

16Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]

18So, ◄why do you allow me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.► [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”

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Cross References

Psalms 1:1God is pleased with those who do not do what [MET] wicked people advise them to do, and who do not imitate the behavior of [MET] sinful people, and who do not join in with people who ◄ridicule/sneer at► God.

Psalms 102:7I lie awake at night; because there is no one to comfort me, I am like a lonely bird sitting on a housetop [SIM].

Jeremiah 6:11So now I am extremely angry, like Yahweh is angry, and I cannot restrain it any longer.” So Yahweh said to me, “Tell everyone that you are very angry with them. Tell the children in the streets and the young men who gather together. Tell the men and their wives; tell the very old people [DOU], also.

Jeremiah 16:8And do not go into the houses where people are feasting. Do not eat or drink anything with them.

Lamentations 3:28Those who seek his help should sit by themselves, silently, knowing that it is Yahweh who has allowed/caused them to suffer.

Daniel 7:28That is what I saw in my vision/dream. I, Daniel, was terrified, with the result that my face became pale. But I did not tell anyone about the vision that I had seen.

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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