Jeremiah 15:17-19
1599 Geneva Bible
17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, neither did I rejoice, but sat alone [a]because of thy plague: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
18 Why is mine heaviness continual? and my plague desperate and cannot be healed, why art thou unto me [b]as a liar, and as waters that fail?
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou [c]return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take away the [d]precious from the vile, thou shalt be [e]according to my word: let them return [f]unto thee, but return not thou unto them.
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- Jeremiah 15:17 I had nothing a do with the wicked contemners of thy word, but lamented bitterly for thy plagues: showing what the faithful should do when they see tokens of God’s anger.
- Jeremiah 15:18 And hast not assisted me according to the promise? wherein appeareth that in the Saints of God is imperfection of faith, which through impatience is ofttimes assailed, as Jer. 20:7.
- Jeremiah 15:19 If thou forget these carnal considerations, and faithfully execute thy charge.
- Jeremiah 15:19 That is, seek to win the good from the bad.
- Jeremiah 15:19 To wit, as my mouth hath pronounced, Jer. 1:18, and as here followeth, verse 20.
- Jeremiah 15:19 Conform not thyself to their wickedness, but let them follow thy godly example.
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