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What passes my lips is open before you. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> LORD, I have not abandoned my job as a shepherd for your people. I have not urged you to send disaster. You have heard everything I’ve said. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> I have not run away from being your shepherd, nor have I desired the day of sickness. You know what came out of my lips; it was before your face. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/17.htm">King James Bible</a> As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/17.htm">New King James Version</a> As for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You, Nor have I desired the woeful day; You know what came out of my lips; It was right there before You. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd following after You, Nor have I longed for the disastrous day; You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips Was in Your presence. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You, Nor have I longed for the woeful day; You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips Was in Your presence. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after Thee, Nor have I longed for the woeful day; Thou Thyself knowest the utterance of my lips Was in Thy presence. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You, Nor have I longed for the sickening day; You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips Was in Your presence. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But as for me, I have not tried to escape from being a shepherd [walking] after You, Nor have I longed for the woeful day [of judgment]; You know that, whatever I said Was [spoken] in Your presence and was from You. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But I have not run away from being your shepherd, and I have not longed for the fatal day. You know my words were spoken in your presence. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But I have not run away from being Your shepherd, and I have not longed for the fatal day. You know my words were spoken in Your presence. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Our LORD, you chose me to care for your people, and that's what I have done. You know everything I have said, and I have never once asked you to punish them. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I have not run away from being your shepherd, and I have not longed for the day of destruction. You know what came out of my mouth. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> But, LORD, I never urged you to bring disaster on them; I did not wish a time of trouble for them. LORD, you know this; you know what I have said. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> I haven't run away from being your shepherd, and I haven't longed for the day of sickness. You know what comes out from my lips, it's open before you. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence. <a href="/net/jeremiah/17.htm">NET Bible</a> But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. You know that. You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which was uttered by my lips was right before thee. <a href="/web/jeremiah/17.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I did not hurry from feeding after You, "" And I have not desired the desperate day, "" You have known the produce of my lips, "" It has been before Your face, <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been, <a href="/slt/jeremiah/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I withdrew not from following after thee; I desired not man's day, thou knewest: the going forth of my lips was straight before thee.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But I am not troubled; I am following you as my shepherd. And I have not desired the day of man, as you know. That which has gone forth from my lips has been right in your sight. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/17.htm">New American Bible</a> Yet I did not press you to send disaster; the day without remedy I have not desired. You know what passed my lips; it is present before you. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But I have not run away from being a shepherd in your service, nor have I desired the fatal day. You know what came from my lips; it was before your face.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> As for me, I have not urged thee to bring evil; nor have I desired any man's woeful day; thou knowest; that which came out of my lips was before thy face. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I have not given up on you in evil. You know that I have not coveted a day of a son of man, and anything that proceeded from my lips was before your face<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after Thee; Neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest it; That which came out of my lips was manifest before Thee. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But I have not been weary of following thee, nor have I desired the day of man; thou knowest; the words that proceed out of my lips are before thy face. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/17-16.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=5159" 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/17.htm">Jeremiah's Prayer for Deliverance</a> …15Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!” 16<a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">But I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/213.htm" title="213: ’aṣ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To press, be pressed, make haste. A primitive root; to press; to be close, hurry, withdraw.">run away</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: mê·rō·‘eh (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">from being Your shepherd;</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·re·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/183.htm" title="183: hiṯ·’aw·wê·ṯî (V-Hitpael-Perf-1cs) -- To incline, desire. A primitive root; to wish for.">desired</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: wə·yō·wm (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/605.htm" title="605: ’ā·nūš (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To be weak, sick. A primitive root; to be frail, feeble, or melancholy.">of despair.</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏā·‘ə·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know</a> <a href="/hebrew/4161.htm" title="4161: mō·w·ṣā (N-msc) -- A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring. ">that the utterance</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śə·p̄ā·ṯay (N-fdc:: 1cs) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">of my lips</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">was spoken</a> <a href="/hebrew/5227.htm" title="5227: nō·ḵaḥ (Prep) -- From the same as nekach; properly, the front part; used adverbially, opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·ne·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">Your presence.</a> 17Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.…<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="/ezekiel/3-17.htm">Ezekiel 3:17-19</a> “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. / If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood. / But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself. <a href="/isaiah/6-8.htm">Isaiah 6:8-10</a> Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!” / And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” <a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Amos 3:7-8</a> Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets. / The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy? <a href="/1_kings/22-14.htm">1 Kings 22:14</a> But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.” <a href="/ezekiel/33-7.htm">Ezekiel 33:7-9</a> As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me. / If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood. / But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life. <a href="/acts/20-26.htm">Acts 20:26-27</a> Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. / For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God. <a href="/2_timothy/4-2.htm">2 Timothy 4:2</a> Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. <a href="/matthew/10-27.htm">Matthew 10:27</a> What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. <a href="/acts/18-6.htm">Acts 18:6</a> But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” <a href="/1_corinthians/9-16.htm">1 Corinthians 9:16</a> Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! <a href="/isaiah/49-4.htm">Isaiah 49:4</a> But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.” <a href="/john/12-49.htm">John 12:49-50</a> I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. / And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.” <a href="/2_corinthians/2-17.htm">2 Corinthians 2:17</a> For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God. <a href="/ezekiel/2-7.htm">Ezekiel 2:7</a> But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:4</a> Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you.I have.<a href="/jeremiah/1-4.htm">Jeremiah 1:4-10</a> Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, … <a href="/jeremiah/20-9.htm">Jeremiah 20:9</a> Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.<a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm">Ezekiel 3:14-19</a> So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me… to follow thee.<a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Jeremiah 4:19,20</a> My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war… <a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a> Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!<a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Jeremiah 13:17</a> But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.that.<a href="/acts/20-20.htm">Acts 20:20,27</a> And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, … <a href="/2_corinthians/1-12.htm">2 Corinthians 1:12</a> For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.<a href="/2_corinthians/2-17.htm">2 Corinthians 2:17</a> For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Death-Giving</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-9.htm">Despair</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Desperate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-17.htm">Face</a> <a href="/revelation/13-12.htm">Fatal</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-19.htm">Following</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">Hastened</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-4.htm">Hoping</a> <a href="/psalms/104-7.htm">Hurried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-7.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-23.htm">Manifest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-24.htm">Passes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Pressed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Right</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-2.htm">Utterance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-8.htm">Uttered</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/2-21.htm">Death-Giving</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-14.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Despair</a> <a href="/job/6-26.htm">Desperate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-17.htm">Face</a> <a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Fatal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-3.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-40.htm">Following</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-16.htm">Hastened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-14.htm">Hoping</a> <a href="/daniel/6-19.htm">Hurried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Manifest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Passes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-39.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-3.htm">Pressed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-5.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-16.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-4.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-22.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-18.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/luke/21-15.htm">Utterance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-13.htm">Uttered</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 17</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">The captivity of Judah for her sin.</a> 5. <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Trust in man is cursed;</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/17-7.htm">in God is blessed.</a> 9. <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">The deceitful heart cannot deceive God.</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/17-12.htm">The salvation of God.</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/17-15.htm">The prophet complains of the mockers of his prophecy.</a> 19. <a href="/jeremiah/17-19.htm">He is sent to renew the covenant in hallowing the Sabbath.</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'; 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Jeremiah, often referred to as the "weeping prophet," remained steadfast in his role as a shepherd to God's people, despite the challenges and opposition he faced. The imagery of a shepherd is significant throughout the Bible, symbolizing leadership, guidance, and care. Jeremiah's commitment reflects the dedication required of spiritual leaders, akin to the perseverance of Moses and David, who were also shepherds of God's people. This phrase underscores the prophet's faithfulness and echoes the ultimate shepherd, Jesus Christ, who declared Himself the Good Shepherd in <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>.I have not desired the day of despair. Jeremiah did not wish for the calamity that he prophesied against Judah. His heart was aligned with God's desire for repentance rather than judgment. This reflects the biblical principle that God does not delight in the destruction of the wicked but desires that all come to repentance (<a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm">Ezekiel 18:23</a>). Jeremiah's reluctance for the "day of despair" highlights his compassion and the heavy burden of delivering messages of impending doom, similar to the sorrow Jesus expressed over Jerusalem in <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a>.You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence. Jeremiah asserts that his prophecies were delivered with divine authority, spoken in the presence of God. This phrase emphasizes the authenticity and divine origin of his message, reinforcing the prophet's role as God's mouthpiece. The presence of God is a recurring theme in Scripture, signifying approval and empowerment, as seen in the commissioning of prophets like Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/6-8.htm">Isaiah 6:8</a>) and the apostles in the New Testament (<a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a>). Jeremiah's assurance that his words were spoken before God underscores the integrity and truth of his prophetic ministry.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah. Known for his perseverance and faithfulness amidst persecution and rejection. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign Lord who appointed Jeremiah as a prophet. He is the one Jeremiah addresses in this verse, affirming his commitment to God's calling. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, to whom Jeremiah was sent to prophesy. They were often rebellious and faced impending judgment due to their disobedience. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_despair.htm">The Day of Despair</a> Refers to the impending judgment and calamity that Jeremiah prophesied about, which he did not wish for but faithfully warned the people about. 5. <a href="/topical/p/prophetic_ministry.htm">Prophetic Ministry</a> The context of Jeremiah's life and work, characterized by delivering God's messages, often of judgment, to a resistant audience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_calling.htm">Faithfulness in Calling</a> Jeremiah exemplifies steadfastness in his God-given role, despite challenges. Believers are encouraged to remain faithful to their callings, trusting in God's purpose. <a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a> Jeremiah's acknowledgment that God knows his words reminds us of God's intimate knowledge of our hearts and actions. We should live transparently before Him. <a href="/topical/p/perseverance_amidst_opposition.htm">Perseverance Amidst Opposition</a> Like Jeremiah, Christians may face opposition when standing for truth. We are called to persevere, relying on God's strength and guidance. <a href="/topical/d/desiring_god's_will.htm">Desiring God's Will</a> Jeremiah did not desire the "day of despair," showing his alignment with God's heart rather than seeking judgment. Believers should seek God's will and mercy for others. <a href="/topical/s/speaking_truth_in_love.htm">Speaking Truth in Love</a> Jeremiah spoke God's words faithfully. We are called to speak truth with love and integrity, ensuring our words align with God's truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 17</a> <a href="/q/ezekiel_34__judgment_inconsistencies.htm">Ezekiel 34 - Are there any inconsistencies with other prophetic books about how judgment is executed and who is held accountable?</a> <a href="/q/why_can't_christians_hear_god's_voice.htm">Why are many Christians unable to distinguish God's voice from their own thoughts?</a> <a href="/q/is_the_old_covenant_still_valid.htm">Is the Old Covenant still in effect? (Jeremiah 31:31-34 vs. Luke 16:17)</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_discord.htm">How can I align my heart to revere You?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) I have not hastened . . .--The words of the English Version are somewhat obscure, and a better rendering would perhaps be, I have not been quick to withdraw from my work in following thee, as a shepherd and guide of the people. A possible meaning, adopted by some commentators, would be, "I have not hastened from my work as a shepherd (in the literal sense) to follow thee," as presenting a parallel to the words of Amos (<a href="/context/amos/7-14.htm" title="Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdsman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:">Amos 7:14-15</a>); and, though we cannot get beyond conjecture, it is quite possible that Jeremiah, in his youth, before the call of <a href="/jeremiah/1-4.htm" title="Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,">Jeremiah 1:4</a>, may have been employed in the pasture grounds that belonged to Anathoth as a city of the priests (<a href="/numbers/35-4.htm" title="And the suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.">Numbers 35:4</a>; <a href="/joshua/21-4.htm" title="And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.">Joshua 21:4</a>; <a href="/joshua/21-18.htm" title="Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.">Joshua 21:18</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/6-60.htm" title="And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.">1Chronicles 6:60</a>). It is to some extent in favour of this view, that throughout the book the work of the shepherd, when used figuratively, answers to the work of the ruler, and not to that of the prophet. What he means, if we keep the version given above, is that he had not been too slack in his obedience, but neither had he been over eager. He had no desire to see the woful day that would fulfil his predictions. What had come from his lips was just what he had been bidden to say and no more (<a href="/context/jeremiah/15-16.htm" title="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.">Jeremiah 15:16-19</a>), and thus he had spoken as in the sight of God. The interpolated word "right" mars rather than mends the meaning, . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee; i.e. I have not eagerly withdrawn from following thee as a shepherd (or prophet). The prophet does not follow his own vague inclinations; he is but an under-shepherd, and waits on the will of his superior. He is, as Hosea calls him (<a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Hosea 9:7</a>, Hebrew), "the man of the Spirit." If God leads any one, whether people or individuals, it is through the agency of the Spirit (<a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11, 12</a>); and it is the characteristic of the typical prophet that his ear is "wakened morning by morning" to receive his daily lesson. Only by thus "following" the Divine Leader, can a prophet act as pastor to his people. [The construction is, however, rather simplified by the rendering - a perfectly legitimate one... from following thee as a companion.] The woeful day. The word for "woeful" is the same rendered "desperately wicked" (ver. 9); the "day" of Judah's calamity is metaphorically "sick," like the heart of man. So, other words being used, <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Isaiah 17:11</a> (end). Was right before thee; rather (since some adjective must be supplied), was manifest before thee. He appeals to the all-seeing Eye as a witness to his fidelity to his mission. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But I וַאֲנִ֞י (wa·’ă·nî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I have not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no run away אַ֣צְתִּי ׀ (’aṣ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_213.htm">Strong's 213: </a> To press, to be close, hurry, withdraw from being Your shepherd; מֵרֹעֶ֣ה (mê·rō·‘eh) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with I have not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no desired הִתְאַוֵּ֖יתִי (hiṯ·’aw·wê·ṯî) Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_183.htm">Strong's 183: </a> To incline, desire the day וְי֥וֹם (wə·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of despair. אָנ֛וּשׁ (’ā·nūš) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_605.htm">Strong's 605: </a> To be frail, feeble, melancholy You אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you know יָדָ֑עְתָּ (yā·ḏā·‘ə·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that the utterance מוֹצָ֣א (mō·w·ṣā) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4161.htm">Strong's 4161: </a> A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring of my lips שְׂפָתַ֔י (śə·p̄ā·ṯay) Noun - fdc | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> The lip, language, a margin was [spoken] הָיָֽה׃ (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be in נֹ֥כַח (nō·ḵaḥ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5227.htm">Strong's 5227: </a> The front part, opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of Your presence. פָּנֶ֖יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-16.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 17:16 As for me I have not hurried (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/17-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 17:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 17:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/17-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 17:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 17:17" /></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>