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Jeremiah 17:15
15People keep asking me, “Where is the Lord’s word? Let it come.”
Jeremiah 17:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.
- New International Version (NIV)They keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it now be fulfilled!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, they say to me, "Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed they say to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!”
Context of Jeremiah 17:15
13O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in dust, because they abandon the Lord, the fountain of life-giving water. 14Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Rescue me, and I will be rescued. You are the one I praise. People keep asking me, “Where is the Lord’s word? Let it come.” 16I have not run away from being your shepherd, and I have not longed for the day of destruction. You know what came out of my mouth. 17Do not terrorize me. You are my refuge on the day of disaster.
Read all of Jeremiah 17Jeremiah 17:15 word by word
הִנֵּה־הֵ֕מָּה אֹמְרִ֖ים אֵלָ֑י אַיֵּ֥ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה יָ֥בוֹא נָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 17:15
- Jeremiah 20:7O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived. You overpowered me and won. I’ve been made fun of all day long. Everyone mocks me.
- Isaiah 5:19They say, “Let God hurry and quickly do his work so that we may see what he has in mind. Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel happen quickly so that we may understand what he is doing.”
- Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb you have in Israel: ‘Days go by, and every vision comes to nothing’?
- Amos 5:18How horrible it will be for those who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for that day? The day of the Lord is one of darkness and not light.
- 2 Peter 3:3First, you must understand this: In the last days people who follow their own desires will appear. These disrespectful people will ridicule ⌞God’s promise⌟
Commentaries on Jeremiah 17:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Where is the word of the Lord? - Where is the accomplishment of his threatenings? Thou hast said that the city and the temple should both be destroyed. No such events have yet taken place. But they did take place, and every tittle of the menace was strictly fulfilled.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-18Verses 5-18 In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah‘s ruin. Jeremiah 17:6 Like the heath - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalm 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or fear) and “shall inhabit” plainly show that a man is here meant and not a plant. Jeremiah 17:8 The river - Or, “water-course” Isaiah 30:25, made for purposes of irrigation. Shall not see - Or, “shall not fear Jeremiah 17:6.” God‘s people feel…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-18Verses 12-18 The prophet acknowledges the favour of God in setting up religion. There is fulness of comfort in God, overflowing, ever-flowing fulness, like a fountain. It is always fresh and clear, like spring-water, while the pleasures of sin are puddle-waters. He prays to God for healing, saving mercy. He appeals to God concerning his faithful discharge of the office to which he was called. He humbly begs that God would own and protect him in the work…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The people mocked Jeremiah because his predictions had not come true. They might have even called him a false prophet (see Deuteronomy 18:21–22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited by his faithful denunciations. Heal ... save--not only make me whole (as to the evils of soul as well as body which I am exposed to by contact with ungodly foes, Jr 15:18), but keep me so. my praise--He whom I have to praise for past favors, and therefore to whom alone I look for the time to come.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 17
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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