Jeremiah 17:16 · 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. {to...: Heb. after thee}”
— Jeremiah 17:16
Behold, they say unto me, Where {is} the word of the LORD? let it come now.
Be not a terror unto me: thou {art} my hope in the day of evil.
Jeremiah 17 — Context
Heal 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.
18Let 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. {destroy...: Heb. break them with a double breach}
Cross References
Acts 20:27
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
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. {my very...: Heb. the walls of my heart}
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,
James 3:1
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. {condemnation: or, judgment}
Jeremiah 20:9
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But {his word} was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not {stay}.
Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, {and} to turn away thy wrath from them.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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.