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They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15.htm">King James Bible</a> Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/15.htm">New King James Version</a> Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, LORD God of armies. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Thy words were found and I ate them, And Thy words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Thy name, O LORD God of hosts. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your words became for me joy and gladness in my heart, For I have been called by Your name, O Yahweh God of hosts. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became a delight to me and the joy of my heart, for I bear your name, LORD God of Armies. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became a delight to me and the joy of my heart, for I am called by Your name, Yahweh God of Hosts. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When you spoke to me, I was glad to obey, because I belong to you, the LORD All-Powerful. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Your words were found, and I devoured them. Your words are my joy and my heart's delight, because I am called by your name, O LORD God of Armies. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> You spoke to me, and I listened to every word. I belong to you, LORD God Almighty, and so your words filled my heart with joy and happiness. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> Your words were found, and I consumed them. Your words were joy and my hearts delight, because I bear your name, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart?s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts. <a href="/net/jeremiah/15.htm">NET Bible</a> As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, LORD, God of hosts. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. <a href="/web/jeremiah/15.htm">World English Bible</a> Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Your words have been found, and I eat them, "" And Your word is to me for a joy, "" And for the rejoicing of my heart, "" For Your Name is called on me, O YHWH, God of Hosts. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thy words were found, and eating them; and thy word will be to me for the gladness and for the joy of my heart: for thy name was called upon me, Jehovah the God of armies.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name is called upon me, O Lord God of hosts. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Bible</a> When I found your words, I devoured them; your words were my joy, the happiness of my heart, Because I bear your name, LORD, God of hosts. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Thy commandments have I kept and carried out, thy word was to me a delight and the joy of my heart; for I am called by thy name. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I have kept your commandments and I have done them, and your word was to me for the delight and for the joy of my heart, because your name is called upon me, LORD JEHOVAH God, The Mighty One<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thy words were found, and I did eat them; And Thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart; Because Thy name was called on me, O LORD God of hosts. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> consume them; and thy word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4636" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Jeremiah's Woe</a> …15You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor. 16<a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">Your words</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: nim·ṣə·’ū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To attain to, find. ">were found,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wā·’ō·ḵə·lêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and I ate them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: ḏə·ḇå̄·rɛ·ḵå̄ (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">Your words</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">became</a> <a href="/hebrew/8342.htm" title="8342: lə·śā·śō·wn (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Exultation, rejoicing. Or sason; from suws; cheerfulness; specifically, welcome.">my joy</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇā·ḇî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">and my heart’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057: ū·lə·śim·ḥaṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Joy, gladness, mirth. From sameach; blithesomeness or glee.">delight.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: niq·rā (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">I bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šim·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">Your name,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts.</a> 17I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/119-103.htm">Psalm 119:103</a> How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth! <a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm">Ezekiel 3:1-3</a> “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.” / So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. <a href="/job/23-12.htm">Job 23:12</a> I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread. <a href="/psalms/19-10.htm">Psalm 19:10</a> They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. <a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a> But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” <a href="/john/6-63.htm">John 6:63</a> The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. <a href="/psalms/119-111.htm">Psalm 119:111</a> Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. <a href="/1_peter/2-2.htm">1 Peter 2:2</a> Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, <a href="/revelation/10-9.htm">Revelation 10:9-10</a> And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.” / So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter. <a href="/psalms/119-162.htm">Psalm 119:162</a> I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil. <a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a> Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. <a href="/proverbs/2-1.htm">Proverbs 2:1-5</a> My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, / if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, / if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, ... <a href="/john/15-11.htm">John 15:11</a> I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. <a href="/psalms/40-8.htm">Psalm 40:8</a> I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.” <a href="/1_john/1-4.htm">1 John 1:4</a> We write these things so that our joy may be complete.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.I did.<a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm">Ezekiel 3:1-3</a> Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel… <a href="/revelation/10-9.htm">Revelation 10:9</a> And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.thy word.<a href="/job/23-12.htm">Job 23:12</a> Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.<a href="/psalms/19-10.htm">Psalm 19:10</a> More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.<a href="/psalms/119-72.htm">Psalm 119:72,97,101-103,111</a> The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver… I am called by thy name.<a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm">Jeremiah 14:9</a> Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Found</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Heart's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Making</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-18.htm">Rejoicing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Word</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-2.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-3.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-8.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Found</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-25.htm">Heart's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Making</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Rejoicing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-1.htm">Word</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 15</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the people.</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Jeremiah, complaining of their spite, receives a promise for himself;</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/15-12.htm">and a threatening for them.</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">He prays;</a> 19. <a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">and receives a gracious promise.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Your words were found, and I ate them. This phrase reflects the deep personal encounter Jeremiah had with God's word. The imagery of "eating" the words suggests internalization and acceptance, akin to the consumption of food for nourishment. In the ancient Near Eastern context, eating often symbolized taking something into one's life and being. This metaphor is echoed in <a href="/ezekiel/3.htm">Ezekiel 3:1-3</a>, where Ezekiel is instructed to eat a scroll, symbolizing the acceptance and proclamation of God's message. The discovery of God's words may refer to the rediscovery of the Book of the Law during King Josiah's reign (<a href="/2_kings/22-8.htm">2 Kings 22:8-13</a>), which profoundly impacted Judah and its prophets. This phrase emphasizes the transformative power of God's word, which is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, as seen in <a href="/psalms/119-103.htm">Psalm 119:103</a>, where God's words are described as sweeter than honey.Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. Jeremiah's response to God's words is one of joy and delight, indicating a profound spiritual satisfaction and fulfillment. Despite the challenging messages he had to deliver, Jeremiah found personal joy in his relationship with God. This joy is not dependent on external circumstances but is rooted in the divine truth and presence. The heart, in Hebrew thought, is the center of emotion and will, suggesting that God's words deeply affected Jeremiah's entire being. This joy parallels the New Testament teaching in <a href="/john/15-11.htm">John 15:11</a>, where Jesus speaks of His joy being in believers, making their joy complete. The delight in God's word is also echoed in <a href="/psalms/1-2.htm">Psalm 1:2</a>, where the righteous person meditates on God's law day and night.For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts. Bearing God's name signifies a close, covenantal relationship with Him. In the ancient world, names were deeply significant, often reflecting character and destiny. Jeremiah's identity and mission are tied to the name of the LORD, the covenant name of God revealed to Moses (<a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14-15</a>). The title "God of Hosts" underscores God's sovereignty and power, often associated with His role as the commander of heavenly armies. This title reassures Jeremiah of God's ultimate authority and support, even amidst opposition. Bearing God's name also implies representation and responsibility, as seen in the New Testament where believers are called to bear the name of Christ (<a href="/acts/11-26.htm">Acts 11:26</a>). This phrase highlights the prophet's role as God's spokesperson and the honor and burden that come with it.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah. Known for his lamentations and deep emotional connection to God's word. 2. <a href="/topical/l/lord_god_of_hosts.htm">LORD God of Hosts</a> A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies, highlighting His power and authority. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel during Jeremiah's time, facing impending judgment due to their disobedience to God. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_word_of_god.htm">The Word of God</a> Refers to the messages and revelations given by God to His prophets, which are recorded in the Scriptures. 5. <a href="/topical/p/prophetic_ministry.htm">Prophetic Ministry</a> The context in which Jeremiah received and delivered God's words, often facing opposition and personal suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_joy_of_god's_word.htm">The Joy of God's Word</a> God's word is not just instruction but a source of deep joy and delight. Believers are encouraged to find pleasure in reading and meditating on Scripture. <a href="/topical/i/internalizing_scripture.htm">Internalizing Scripture</a> Like Jeremiah, believers should "eat" or internalize God's word, allowing it to transform their hearts and minds. <a href="/topical/b/bearing_god's_name.htm">Bearing God's Name</a> As bearers of God's name, Christians are called to live in a way that reflects His character and commands, drawing strength and identity from His word. <a href="/topical/f/facing_opposition_with_god's_word.htm">Facing Opposition with God's Word</a> Jeremiah faced much opposition, yet he found strength in God's word. Believers today can rely on Scripture to sustain them through trials. <a href="/topical/t/the_authority_of_god's_word.htm">The Authority of God's Word</a> Recognizing God as the "LORD God of Hosts" underscores the authority and power of His word, which should be revered and obeyed.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 15</a> <a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_experience_god.htm">What does it mean to experience God?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_christian_journaling.htm">What is Christian journaling?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_patience.htm">What is the Bible's teaching on patience?</a> <a href="/q/ezekiel_2_8-10__how_is_eating_a_scroll_plausible.htm">Ezekiel 2:8–10: How do we reconcile the command to physically eat a scroll with scientific plausibility and the lack of mention of any lasting effects?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) Thy words were found . . .--The words go back to the mission of Jeremiah 1, and paint, with a wonderful power, the beginning of a prophet's work, the new-born intensity of joy in the sense of communion with the Eternal. The soul feeds on the words that come to it (see the same figure in a bolder form in <a href="/ezekiel/2-8.htm" title="But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; Be not you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that I give you.">Ezekiel 2:8</a>; <a href="/context/ezekiel/3-1.htm" title="Moreover he said to me, Son of man, eat that you find; eat this roll, and go speak to the house of Israel.">Ezekiel 3:1-3</a>; <a href="/revelation/10-9.htm" title="And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make your belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey.">Revelation 10:9</a>). They are "sweeter than honey and the honeycomb" (<a href="/psalms/19-10.htm" title="More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.">Psalm 19:10</a>). They are incorporated with its life, are "the rejoicing of its heart." He is called by the Name of "the Lord God of hosts," or, more literally, that Name is called upon him. As the witness of his special consecration, he becomes, like other prophets, "a man of God" (<a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm" title="And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.">1Kings 13:1</a>; <a href="/2_kings/7-2.htm" title="Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.">2Kings 7:2</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm" title="But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.">1Timothy 6:11</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - Thy words were found. Jeremiah here describes his first reception of a Divine revelation. Truth is like "treasure hid in a field;" he alone who seeks it with an unprejudiced mind can "find" it. But there are some things which no "searching" of the intellect can "find" (<a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7</a>; <a href="/job/37-23.htm">Job 37:23</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:11</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-17.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:17</a>); yet by a special revelation they may be "found" by God's "spokesmen," or prophets. This is the train of thought which underlies Jeremiah's expression here. The "words," or revelations, of Jehovah are regarded as having an objective existence in the ideal world of which God is the light, and as "descending" from thence (comp. <a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm">Isaiah 9:8</a>) into the consciousness of the prophet. So <a href="/ezekiel/3-1.htm">Ezekiel 3:1</a>, "Eat that thou findest." I did eat them; I assimilated them, as it were (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/2-8.htm">Ezekiel 2:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/3-3.htm">Ezekiel 3:3</a>). I am called by thy name; literally, thy name hath been (or, had been) called upon me; i.e. I have (or, had) been specially dedicated to thy service. The phrase is often used of Israel (see on Jeremiah 14:9), and, as here applied, intimates that a faithful prophet was, as it were, the embodied ideal of an Israelite. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Your words דְבָרֶ֙יךָ֙ (ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause were found, נִמְצְא֤וּ (nim·ṣə·’ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present and I ate them. וָאֹ֣כְלֵ֔ם (wā·’ō·ḵə·lêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat Your words דְבָֽרְךָ֙ (ḏə·ḇā·rə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause became וַיְהִ֤י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be a delight לְשָׂשׂ֖וֹן (lə·śā·śō·wn) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8342.htm">Strong's 8342: </a> Cheerfulness, welcome to me לִ֔י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> and my heart’s לְבָבִ֑י (lə·ḇā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> Inner man, mind, will, heart delight, וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣ת (ū·lə·śim·ḥaṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8057.htm">Strong's 8057: </a> Blithesomeness, glee for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I bear נִקְרָ֤א (niq·rā) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read Your name, שִׁמְךָ֙ (šim·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name O LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel God אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Hosts. צְבָאֽוֹת׃ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found and I ate (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>