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Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?

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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 didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.

19Therefore the LORD says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

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Cross References

Job 6:15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

Job 34:6Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’

Psalms 13:1How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

Jeremiah 14:3Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

Jeremiah 20:7LORD, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 30:12For the LORD says, “Your hurt is incurable. Your wound is grievous.

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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