Jeremiah 15:10-18

New King James Version

Jeremiah’s Dejection

¹⁰^(A)Woe is me, my mother,
That you have borne me,
A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole ^[a]earth!
I have neither lent for interest,
Nor have men lent to me for interest.
Every one of them curses me.

¹¹The Lord said:

“Surely it will be well with your remnant;
Surely I will cause ^(B)the enemy to intercede with you
In the time of adversity and in the time of affliction.
¹²Can anyone break iron,
The northern iron and the bronze?
¹³Your wealth and your treasures
I will give as ^(C)plunder without price,
Because of all your sins,
Throughout your territories.
¹⁴And I will ^[b]make you cross over with your enemies
^(D)Into a land which you do not know;
For a ^(E)fire is kindled in My anger,
Which shall burn upon you.”

¹⁵O Lord, ^(F)You know;
Remember me and ^[c]visit me,
And ^(G)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.
Know that ^(H)for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.
¹⁶Your words were found, and I ^(I)ate them,
And ^(J)Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
For I am called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.
¹⁷^(K)I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers,
Nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because of Your hand,
For You have filled me with indignation.
¹⁸Why is my ^(L)pain perpetual
And my wound incurable,
Which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me ^(M)like an unreliable stream,
As waters that ^[d]fail?