Jeremiah 17:16

Faithfulness and loyalty Integrity Serving others

¹⁴ Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.

¹⁵ Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

¹⁷ Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

¹⁸ Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

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

Compare

BSB: But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
KJV: As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
WEB: 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.
ASV: As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
DARBY: But as for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd in following thee, neither have I desired the fatal day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
BLB: And I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You, and I have not desired the day of despair; You know that which came out of my lips, [for] it was before Your face.

ÅB: Men jeg har ikke nektet å følge deg og være hyrde, heller ikke har jeg ønsket en ubotelig ulykkes dag[^3], du vet det; - det som kom fra mine lepper, det kjente du.
OTB: Jeg har ikke hastet bort fra å være din hyrde; du vet at jeg ikke har ønsket katastrofens dag. Det jeg har talt har vært foran deg.
B1930: Men jeg har ikke nektet å følge dig og være hyrde, heller ikke har jeg ønsket en ubotelig ulykkes dag, du vet det; - det som kom fra mine leber, det kjente du. / < over dem; JER 18, 20.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 20:27
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
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Jeremiah 4:19–20
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
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Acts 20:20
I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
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Romans 9:1–3
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
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Ezekiel 33:7–9
As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.
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Jeremiah 14:17–21
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
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Jeremiah 9:1
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
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2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
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