Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.
World English Bible Classic
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In Context
15Behold, they ask me, “Where is the LORD’s word? Let it be fulfilled now.”
17Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil.
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not hear it, my soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eye will weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
Jeremiah 15:15LORD, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so don’t take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
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.
Ezekiel 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the LORD’s hand was strong on me.
Amos 7:14Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
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 →