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13 Lord, you are the hope of Israel;
    all who forsake you will be put to shame.
Those who turn aside from you[a] will be
    written in the dust,[b]
because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the spring of living water.

The Prophet’s Call for Help and Justice

14 Heal me, Lord, and I’ll be healed;
    deliver me, and I’ll be delivered,
        because you are my praise.
15 Look, they’re saying to me,
    “Where is the message from the Lord?
        Let it come about!”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:13 Lit. me
  2. Jeremiah 17:13 Or recorded in the underworld