“As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you.I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know.That which came out of my lips was before your face.”
Jeremiah 17:16 (WEB)
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14Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed.Save me, and I will be saved;for you are my praise. 15Behold, they ask me,“Where is Yahweh’s word?Let it be fulfilled now.” 16As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you.I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know.That which came out of my lips was before your face. 17Don’t be a terror to me.You are my refuge in the day of evil. 18Let them be disappointed who persecute me,but don’t let me be disappointed.Let them be dismayed,but don’t let me be dismayed.Bring on them the day of evil,and destroy them with double destruction.