Jeremiah 17:16

Faithfulness and loyalty Integrity Serving others

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 now.

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.

¹⁷ Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

¹⁸ Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy 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 have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
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Jeremiah 4:19–20
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
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Acts 20:20
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
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Romans 9:1–3
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
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Ezekiel 33:7–9
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
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Jeremiah 14:17–21
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
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Jeremiah 9:1
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
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