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.
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Job 6:15My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
Job 34:6And he has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness of mine.
Psalms 13:1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; 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 20:7You have deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived: you have been strong, and has prevailed: I am become a laughing stock, I am continually mocked every day.
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 →