15 Lord, you understand;
    remember me and care for me.
    Avenge me on my persecutors.(A)
You are long-suffering(B)—do not take me away;
    think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.(C)
16 When your words came, I ate(D) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(E)
for I bear your name,(F)
    Lord God Almighty.
17 I never sat(G) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand(H) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending
    and my wound grievous and incurable?(I)
You are to me like a deceptive brook,
    like a spring that fails.(J)

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Jeremiah’s Revised Complaint

15 You are aware—
    Lord, remember me,
pay attention to me,
    and vindicate me in front of those who pursue me.
You are patient—
    don’t take me away.
        Know that I suffer insult because of you!
16 Your words were found, and I consumed them.
    Your words were joy and my hearts delight,
because I bear your name,[a]
    Lord God of the Heavenly Armies.
17 I didn’t sit in the company of those who have fun,
    and I didn’t rejoice.
Because of your hand on me,[b] I sat alone,
    for you filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?

God’s Answer to Jeremiah’s Revised Complaint

You are like a deceptive brook,
    whose waters cannot be depended on.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 15:16 Lit. your name is called on me
  2. Jeremiah 15:17 The Heb. lacks on me