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Text -- Jeremiah 15:16-21 (NET)
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15:16 As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you .
15:17 I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time . I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.
15:18 Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound ? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water , but that cannot be relied on ?”
15:19 Because of this, the Lord said , “You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless , I will again allow you to be my spokesman . They must become as you have been. You must not become like them.
15:20 I will make you as strong as a wall to these people , a fortified wall of bronze . They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I will be with you to rescue you and deliver you,” says the Lord .
15:21 “I will deliver you from the power of the wicked . I will free you from the clutches of violent people.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Minister |
Blessing |
Book |
Jeremiah |
God |
Joy |
Associations |
Word of God |
Doubting |
Fellowship |
Wells |
PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 1 |
JEREMIAH (2) |
DEATH |
Eating |
MINGLED PEOPLE; (MIXED MULTITUDE) |
MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING |
PERPETUAL; PERPETUALLY; PERPETUITY |
PAIN |
TRINITY, 1 |
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NET Notes: Jer 15:16 See Jer 14:9 where this idiom is applied to Israel as a whole and Jer 7:10 where it is applied to the temple. For discussion cf. notes on 7:10.
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NET Notes: Jer 15:18 Jeremiah is speaking of the stream beds or wadis which fill with water after the spring rains but often dry up in the summer time. A fuller picture is...
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NET Notes: Jer 15:19 Once again the root “return” (שׁוּב, shuv) is being played on as in 3:1–4:4. See the threefold call to...
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