Jeremiah 15:17

Jeremiah 15:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
• New International Version (NIV)I never sat in the company of revelers, never made merry with them; I sat alone because your hand was on me and you had filled me with indignation.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I did not sit in the company of revelers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with indignation.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I never joined the people in their merry feasts. I sat alone because your hand was on me. I was filled with indignation at their sins.

Context of Jeremiah 15:17

15O Lord, You know; Remember me and visit me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In Your enduring patience, do not take me away. Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke. 16Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts. I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, For You have filled me with indignation. 18Why 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? 19Therefore thus says the Lord: “If you return, Then I will bring you back; You shall stand before Me; If you take out the precious from the vile, You shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, But you must not return to them.

Jeremiah 15:17 word by word

לֹֽא־יָשַׁ֥בְתִּי בְסוֹד־מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים וָֽאֶעְלֹ֑ז מִפְּנֵ֤י יָֽדְךָ֙ בָּדָ֣ד יָשַׁ֔בְתִּי כִּֽי־זַ֖עַם מִלֵּאתָֽנִי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I satיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• not in the assemblyסוֹדsôd · counselH5475
• of the mockersשָׂחַקώâchaq · to laughH7832
• nor rejoicedעָלַז‛âlaz · to exultH5937
• aloneבָּדָדbâdâd · isolationH910
• becauseפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
• of thy handיָדyâd · handH3027
• for thou hast filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• me with indignationזַ֫עַםza‛am · indignationH2195

Cross-references for Jeremiah 15:17

• Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
• Psalms 26:4I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
• 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.”
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly And run down with tears, Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
• Lamentations 3:28Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;
• Ezekiel 3:24Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
• Daniel 7:28“This is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance changed; but I kept the matter in my heart.”
• Jeremiah 1:10See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”
• Jeremiah 6:11Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord. I am weary of holding it in. “I will pour it out on the children outside, And on the assembly of young men together; For even the husband shall be taken with the wife, The aged with him who is full of days.
• Jeremiah 20:8For when I spoke, I cried out; I shouted, “Violence and plunder!” Because the word of the Lord was made to me A reproach and a derision daily.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 15:17

• 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. 16-17Jeremiah was happy to share God's word, even though it meant he could not join the joyful feasts of his sinful people. He complained about the unfairness he experienced (Jeremiah 15:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. My "rejoicing" (Jr 15:16) was not that of the profane mockers (Psa 1:1; 26:4, 5) at feasts. So far from having fellowship with these, he was expelled from society, and made to sit "alone," because of his faithful prophecies. because of thy hand--that is, Thine inspiration (Is 8:11; Eze 1:3; 3:14). filled me with indignation--So Jr 6:11, "full of the fury of the Lord"; so full was he of the subject (God's "indignation" against the ungodly) with which…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 15:17

• Company
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In the dictionaries

• Languish
• Rebuke
• Residue
• Revenge
• Mock; Mocker; Mocking

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