Jeremiah 17:15 · KJV
“Behold, they say unto me, Where {is} the word of the LORD? let it come now.”
— Jeremiah 17:15
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou {art} my praise.
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. {to...: Heb. after thee}
Jeremiah 17 — Context
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.
14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou {art} my praise.
15Behold, they say unto me, Where {is} the word of the LORD? let it come now.
16As 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. {to...: Heb. after thee}
17Be not a terror unto me: thou {art} my hope in the day of evil.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:19
That say, Let him make speed, {and} hasten his work, that we may see {it}: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know {it}!
Ezekiel 12:22
Son of man, what {is} that proverb {that} ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Ezekiel 12:27-28
Son of man, behold, {they of} the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth {is} for many days {to come}, and he prophesieth of the times {that are} far off.
Jeremiah 20:7-8
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. {was deceived: or, was enticed}
Amos 5:18
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end {is} it for you? the day of the LORD {is} darkness, and not light.
2 Peter 3:3-4
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,