Jeremiah 15:19

Repentance Serving others New life and rebirth Words and speech

¹⁷ 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.

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.

²⁰ Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

²¹ I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
WEB: Therefore 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.
ASV: Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.
DARBY: Therefore thus saith Jehovah: If thou return, then will I bring thee again, thou shalt stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth. Let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
BLB: Therefore, thus says YHWH: “If you turn back, then I will restore you; you will stand before My face; and if you bring out the precious things from the vile, you will be as My mouth. Let them turn back to you, and you shall not return to them.

ÅB: Derfor sier Herren så: Hvis du vender om, så vil jeg la deg komme tilbake og stå for mitt åsyn, og hvis du skiller det edle ut fra det uedle, skal du være som min munn; de skal igjen vende om til deg, men du skal ikke vende om til dem.
OTB: Derfor, dette sier Herren: “Hvis du vender tilbake, vil jeg gjenopprette deg, så du kan stå foran meg; hvis du skiller det dyrebare fra det verdiløse, vil du være min talsmann. La dem vende seg til deg, men du må ikke vende deg til dem.
B1930: Derfor sier Herren så: Hvis du vender om, så vil jeg la dig komme tilbake og stå for mitt åsyn, og hvis du skiller det edle ut fra det uedle, skal du være som min munn; de skal igjen vende om til dig, men du skal ikke vende om til dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Zechariah 3:7
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
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Luke 21:15
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
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Leviticus 10:10
You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
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Ezekiel 44:23
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
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Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
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Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
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Galatians 1:10
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
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