World English Bible
Jeremiah 17:16
“As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 17
14
Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
15
Behold, they tell me, Where is the word of Yahweh? let it come now.
16
As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
17
Don't be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.
18
Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don't let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
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Warnings of Jerusalem’s fall and promises of a new covenant.
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