Jeremiah 15:17
15 You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
16 Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
19 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I 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.
- ASV
- I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
- DARBY
- I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor exulted: I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
- BLB
- I did not sit in the counsel of the mockers no rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, for You have filled me with indignation.
- ÅB
- Jeg har ikke sittet i de lystiges lag og jublet; grepet av din hånd har jeg sittet ensom; for du fylte meg med harme.
- OTB
- Jeg satt ikke i selskap med festfolk og feiret. Fordi din hånd var over meg, satt jeg alene, for du fylte meg med indignasjon.
- B1930
- Jeg har ikke sittet i de lystiges lag og jublet; grepet av din hånd har jeg sittet ensom; for du fylte mig med harme.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 3:28
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
Read in contextPsalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Read in contextPsalms 26:4–5
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:24–25
Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Read in contextJeremiah 13:17
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
Read in contextPsalms 102:7
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:11
But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
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