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12 (A)A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Yahweh, the (B)hope of Israel,
All who (C)forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn [a]away on earth will be (D)written down
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even Yahweh.
14 (E)Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed;
(F)Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my (G)praise.
15 Behold, they keep (H)saying to me,
“Where is the word of Yahweh?
Let it come now!”
16 But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,
Nor have I longed for the [b]sickening day;
(I)You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.
17 Do not be a (J)terror to me;
You are my (K)refuge in the day of calamity.
18 Let those who pursue me be (L)put to shame, but as for me, (M)let me not be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.
(N)Bring on them a day of calamity,
And [c]crush them with twofold [d]crushing!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:13 Lit away from Me
  2. Jeremiah 17:16 Or incurable
  3. Jeremiah 17:18 Lit break
  4. Jeremiah 17:18 Lit breaking, destruction

12 A glorious throne(A)
on high(B) from the beginning
is the place of our sanctuary.(C)
13 Lord, the hope of Israel,(D)
all who abandon you
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.(E)

Jeremiah’s Plea

14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
save me, and I will be saved,
for you are my praise.(F)
15 Hear how they keep challenging me,(G)
“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come!”
16 But I have not run away from being your shepherd,
and I have not longed for the fatal day.(H)
You know my words were spoken in your presence.
17 Don’t become a terror to me.
You are my refuge(I) in the day of disaster.
18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,(J)
but don’t let me be put to shame.
Let them be terrified, but don’t let me be terrified.
Bring on them the day of disaster;(K)
shatter them with total[a] destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:18 Lit double