Jeremiah 15:18

Jeremiah 15:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
• New International Version (NIV)Why is my pain unending and my wound grievous and incurable? You are to me like a deceptive brook, like a spring that fails.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why is my pain perpetual And my wound incurable, Which refuses to be healed? Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, As waters that fail?

Context of Jeremiah 15:18

16Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts. 17I did not sit with the group of those who celebrate, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me, For You had filled me with indignation [at their sin]. Why has my pain been perpetual And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive brook With water that is unreliable? 19Therefore, thus says the Lord [to Jeremiah], “If you repent [and give up this mistaken attitude of despair and self-pity], then I will restore you [to a state of inner peace] So that you may stand before Me [as My obedient representative]; And if you separate the precious from the worthless [examining yourself and cleansing your heart from unwarranted doubt concerning My faithfulness], You will become My spokesman. Let the people turn to you [and learn to value My values]— But you, you must not turn to them [with regard for their idolatry and wickedness]. 20And I will make you to this people A fortified wall of bronze; They will fight against you, But they will not prevail over you, For I am with you [always] to save you And protect you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:18 word by word

לָ֣מָּה הָיָ֤ה כְאֵבִי֙ נֶ֔צַח וּמַכָּתִ֖י אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה֙ מֵֽאֲנָה֙ הֵֽרָפֵ֔א הָי֨וֹ תִֽהְיֶ֥ה לִי֙ כְּמ֣וֹ אַכְזָ֔ב מַ֖יִם לֹ֥א נֶאֱמָֽנוּ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Why is my painכְּאֵבke'êb · painH3511
• perpetualנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• and my woundמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• incurableאָנַשׁ'ânash · be incurableH605
• refusethמָאֵןmâ'ên · to refuseH3985
• to be healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liarאַכְזָב'akzâb · deceptiveH391
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• failאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539

Cross-references for Jeremiah 15:18

• Jeremiah 14:19Have You [O Lord] completely rejected Judah? Do You loathe Zion? Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace and completeness, but nothing good came; And [we hoped] for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
• Psalms 6:3My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed. But as for You, O Lord—how long [until You act on my behalf]?
• Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Lamentations 3:1I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.
• Jeremiah 30:12“For thus says the Lord, ‘Your wound is incurable And your injury is beyond healing.
• Job 34:6Although I am right, I am accounted a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
• Micah 1:9For Samaria’s wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; The enemy has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 1:18Now behold, I have made you today like a fortified city and like an iron pillar and like bronze walls against the whole land—against the [successive] kings of Judah, against its leaders, against its priests, and against the people of the land [giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome].
• Jeremiah 20:7[Jeremiah said,] O Lord, You have persuaded me and I was deceived; You are stronger than I and You have prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me.
• Jeremiah 14:3Their nobles have sent their servants for water; They have come to the cisterns and found no water. They have returned with empty vessels; They have been shamed and humiliated, And they cover their heads.
• Job 6:15My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook, Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,

Commentaries on Jeremiah 15:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Wilt thou be altogether unto me as - waters that fail? - Leaning either springs, which in the height of summer grow dry; or, like that phenomenon in the sandy desert, where, by a peculiar action of the air on the rising vapors, the resemblance of water is produced, so that the traveler, deceived, rejoices that he is come, in the sandy desert, to the verge of a beautiful lake; but the farther he travels, it is still at the same distance, and at last…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-18Verses 15-18 This is the prayer of a man in bitter grief, whose human nature cannot at present submit to the divine will. God‘s long-suffering toward the wicked seemed to the prophet to be the abandonment of himself to death; justice itself required that one who was suffering contumely for God‘s sake should be delivered. Rebuke - i. e., reproach, contumely. Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found - Jeremiah‘s summons to the prophetic office had not been…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 It is matter of comfort that we have a God, to whose knowledge of all things we may appeal. Jeremiah pleads with God for mercy and relief against his enemies, persecutors, and slanderers. It will be a comfort to God's ministers, when men despise them, if they have the testimony of their own consciences. But he complains, that he found little pleasure in his work. Some good people lose much of the pleasantness of religion by the fretfulness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Jeremiah asked two rhetorical questions that suggest he should not have to suffer.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. (Jr 30:15). "Pain," namely, the perpetual persecution to which he was exposed, and his being left by God without consolation and "alone." Contrast his feeling here with that in Jr 15:16, when he enjoyed the full presence of God, and was inspired by His words. Therefore he utters words of his natural "infirmity" (so David, Psa 77:10) here; as before he spoke under the higher spiritual nature given him. as a liar, and as--rather, "as a deceiving (river)…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 15:18

• Doubting
• Wells

In the dictionaries

• Languish
• Rebuke
• Residue
• Revenge
• Pain
• Perpetual; Perpetually; Perpetuity

Commentaries on Jeremiah 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings