Jeremiah 15:16-19

New International Version

¹⁶ When your words came, I ate^(A) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,^(B)
for I bear your name,^(C)
    Lord God Almighty.
¹⁷ I never sat^(D) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand^(E) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.
¹⁸ Why is my pain unending
    and my wound grievous and incurable?^(F)
You are to me like a deceptive brook,
    like a spring that fails.^(G)

“If you repent, I will restore you
    that you may serve^(H) me;
if you utter worthy, not worthless, words,
    you will be my spokesman.^(I)
Let this people turn to you,
    but you must not turn to them.