Jeremiah 15:17-18

Context

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 you¹

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?”²

[15:17] ¹tn Heb “because of your hand.”

[15:18] ²tn Heb “Will you be to me like a deceptive (brook), like waters which do not last [or are not reliable].”