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Avenge me on my persecutors. You are long-suffering—do not take me away; think of how I suffer reproach for your sake. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then I said, “LORD, you know what’s happening to me. Please step in and help me. Punish my persecutors! Please give me time; don’t let me die young. It’s for your sake that I am suffering. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15.htm">King James Bible</a> O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/15.htm">New King James Version</a> O LORD, You know; Remember me and visit me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In Your enduring patience, do not take me away. Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You know, LORD; Remember me, take notice of me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away; Know that for Your sake I endure reproach. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> You who know, O LORD, Remember me, take notice of me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away; Know that for Your sake I endure reproach. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Thou who knowest, O LORD, Remember me, take notice of me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. Do not, in view of Thy patience, take me away; Know that for Thy sake I endure reproach. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You who know, O Yahweh, Remember me, take notice of me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away; Know that for Your sake I endure reproach. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> O LORD, You know and understand; Remember me [thoughtfully], take notice of me, take vengeance for me on my persecutors. Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away; Know that for Your sake I endure [continual] rebuke and dishonor. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You know, LORD; remember me and take note of me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In your patience, don’t take me away. Know that I suffer disgrace for your honor. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You know, LORD; remember me and take note of me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, don&#8217t take me away. Know that I suffer disgrace for Your honor. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> O Jehovah, thou knowest; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You can see how I suffer insult after insult, all because of you, LORD. Don't be so patient with my enemies; take revenge on them before they kill me. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> O LORD, you understand. Remember me, take care of me, and take revenge on those who persecute me. Be patient, and don't take me away. You should know that I've been insulted because of you. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then I said, "LORD, you understand. Remember me and help me. Let me have revenge on those who persecute me. Do not be so patient with them that they succeed in killing me. Remember that it is for your sake that I am insulted. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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! <a href="/msb/jeremiah/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You 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. <a href="/net/jeremiah/15.htm">NET Bible</a> I said, "LORD, you know how I suffer. Take thought of me and care for me. Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me. Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me. Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "LORD, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; do not take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy long-suffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. <a href="/web/jeremiah/15.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so don’t take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You, You have known, O YHWH, "" Remember me, and inspect me, "" And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, "" In Your long-suffering do not take me away, "" Know [that] I have borne reproach for You. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thou knewest, O Jehovah: remember me, and review me, and avenge for me from him pursuing me; not for being slow of thy wrath wilt thou take me away; know, I suffered reproach for thee.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and visit me, and defend me from them that persecute me, do not defend me in thy patience: know that for thy sake I have sufferred reproach. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “You know me, O Lord. Remember me, and visit me, and watch over me, because of those who persecute me. In your patience, do not choose to let me endure. You know I have suffered reproach because of you. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Bible</a> You know, LORD: Remember me and take care of me, avenge me on my persecutors. Because you are slow to anger, do not banish me; know that for you I have borne insult. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and bring down retribution for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance do not take me away; know that on your account I suffer insult.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> O LORD, thou knowest; remember me and save me and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering; know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> You know, LORD JEHOVAH. Remember me and save me and avenge me of my persecutors. Do not lead me into the prolongation of your Spirit. Know that I have received reproach for your sake<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thou, O LORD, knowest; Remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; Take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; Know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> O Lord, remember me, and visit me, and vindicate me before them that persecute me; do not bear long with them; know how I have met with reproach for thy sake, from those who set at nought thy words; <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/15-15.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=4621" 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> …14Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.” 15<a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">understand,</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/2142.htm" title="2142: zā·ḵə·rê·nî (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 1cs) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">remember me</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: ū·p̄ā·qə·ḏê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 1cs) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">and attend to me.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5358.htm" title="5358: wə·hin·nā·qem (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-Imp-ms) -- To avenge, take vengeance. A primitive root; to grudge, i.e. Avenge or punish.">Avenge me</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/7291.htm" title="7291: mê·rō·ḏə·p̄ay (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 1cs) -- To pursue, chase, persecute. A primitive root; to run after (of time) gone by).">my persecutors.</a> <a href="/hebrew/750.htm" title="750: lə·’e·reḵ (Prep-l:: Adj-msc) -- Long. From 'arak; long.">In Your patience,</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire."></a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: tiq·qā·ḥê·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">take me away.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: da‘ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">Know that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: śə·’ê·ṯî (V-Qal-Inf:: 1cs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">I endure</a> <a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: ḥer·pāh (N-fs) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">reproach</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for Your honor.</a> 16Your 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.…<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/69-18.htm">Psalm 69:18</a> Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes. <a href="/psalms/119-153.htm">Psalm 119:153</a> Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law. <a href="/lamentations/3-59.htm">Lamentations 3:59</a> You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause! <a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">Psalm 26:1</a> Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. <a href="/psalms/35-24.htm">Psalm 35:24</a> Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me. <a href="/psalms/43-1.htm">Psalm 43:1</a> Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. <a href="/psalms/119-154.htm">Psalm 119:154</a> Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word. <a href="/isaiah/49-26.htm">Isaiah 49:26</a> I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” <a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm">Isaiah 51:22</a> Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again. <a href="/2_timothy/4-14.htm">2 Timothy 4:14</a> Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds. <a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a> Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” <a href="/revelation/6-10.htm">Revelation 6:10</a> And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?” <a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Luke 18:7-8</a> Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them? / I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?” <a href="/1_peter/2-23.htm">1 Peter 2:23</a> When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-6.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:6</a> After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your long-suffering: know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke.thou.<a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3</a> But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.<a href="/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Jeremiah 17:16</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="/job/10-7.htm">Job 10:7</a> Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.remember.<a href="/jeremiah/11-18.htm">Jeremiah 11:18-20</a> And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings… <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Jeremiah 20:12</a> But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.<a href="/nehemiah/5-19.htm">Nehemiah 5:19</a> Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.take.<a href="/psalms/39-13.htm">Psalm 39:13</a> O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.<a href="/psalms/102-24.htm">Psalm 102:24</a> I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.<a href="/isaiah/38-3.htm">Isaiah 38:3</a> And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.know.<a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Jeremiah 15:10</a> Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.<a href="/jeremiah/11-21.htm">Jeremiah 11:21</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:<a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Jeremiah 20:8</a> For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-9.htm">Attacking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-9.htm">Avenge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-15.htm">Forbearance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm">Help</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-15.htm">Longsuffering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-27.htm">Notice</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-13.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/psalms/142-6.htm">Persecutors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-21.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-34.htm">Revenge</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-11.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-21.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Slow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-5.htm">Taunts</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-5.htm">Think</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Vengeance</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-11.htm">View</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Visit</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Attacking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Avenge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-22.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/acts/24-4.htm">Forbearance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-22.htm">Help</a> <a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Longsuffering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-14.htm">Notice</a> <a href="/matthew/18-26.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Persecutors</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-26.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-10.htm">Revenge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm">Slow</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-47.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-61.htm">Taunts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Think</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-12.htm">Vengeance</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-39.htm">View</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-2.htm">Visit</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>You understand, O LORD; This phrase acknowledges God's omniscience and intimate knowledge of Jeremiah's situation. It reflects the biblical theme that God is all-knowing, as seen in <a href="/psalms/139.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a>, where David speaks of God's complete understanding of his thoughts and actions. Jeremiah's appeal to God's understanding underscores his trust in God's ability to discern the truth of his circumstances and intentions.remember me and attend to me. Jeremiah is asking God to be mindful of him and to take action on his behalf. This plea for remembrance is reminiscent of other biblical figures, such as Hannah in <a href="/1_samuel/1-11.htm">1 Samuel 1:11</a>, who asked God to remember her in her distress. The request for God to "attend" suggests a desire for divine intervention and care, reflecting the covenant relationship between God and His people, where God promises to be attentive to their needs.Avenge me against my persecutors. Jeremiah seeks justice against those who oppose him, a common theme in the Psalms, such as <a href="/psalms/35.htm">Psalm 35:1-3</a>, where David asks God to contend with those who contend with him. This reflects the biblical principle that vengeance belongs to the Lord (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Deuteronomy 32:35</a>), and believers are encouraged to trust God to right wrongs rather than seeking personal revenge.In Your patience, do not take me away. Jeremiah appeals to God's patience, asking that his life not be cut short amidst his trials. This reflects the biblical understanding of God's longsuffering nature, as seen in <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a>, where God is described as patient, not wanting anyone to perish. Jeremiah's plea indicates his desire to continue fulfilling his prophetic mission despite the challenges he faces.Know that I endure reproach for Your honor. Jeremiah's endurance of reproach is a testament to his commitment to God's calling. This mirrors the experiences of other prophets and ultimately points to Jesus Christ, who endured suffering and shame for the sake of God's glory (<a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Hebrews 12:2</a>). Jeremiah's willingness to bear reproach highlights the cost of discipleship and the call to remain faithful amidst opposition, as echoed in <a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11-12</a>, where Jesus speaks of the blessedness of those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who is speaking in this verse, known for his messages of warning and calls for repentance to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, whom Jeremiah is addressing in his plea for remembrance and justice. 3. <a href="/topical/p/persecutors.htm">Persecutors</a> Those who oppose and threaten Jeremiah, likely including both individuals and groups who reject his prophetic message. 4. <a href="/topical/r/reproach.htm">Reproach</a> The scorn and disgrace Jeremiah faces as a result of his commitment to delivering God's messages. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, where Jeremiah's ministry takes place, facing impending judgment due to its unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_understanding_and_remembrance.htm">God's Understanding and Remembrance</a> God is intimately aware of our struggles and remembers us in our trials. We can confidently bring our pleas before Him, knowing He understands our circumstances. <a href="/topical/p/patience_in_suffering.htm">Patience in Suffering</a> Jeremiah's request for God not to take him away in His patience teaches us to trust in God's timing and sovereignty, even when we face prolonged difficulties. <a href="/topical/e/enduring_reproach_for_god's_honor.htm">Enduring Reproach for God's Honor</a> Like Jeremiah, we may face scorn for our faithfulness to God. We are called to endure such reproach, knowing it is for His honor and glory. <a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_over_personal_vengeance.htm">Divine Justice Over Personal Vengeance</a> Jeremiah's appeal for God to avenge him reminds us to leave justice in God's hands, trusting Him to deal rightly with those who oppose us. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_amidst_persecution.htm">Faithfulness Amidst Persecution</a> Jeremiah's life exemplifies steadfastness in the face of persecution. We are encouraged to remain faithful, knowing that God sees and rewards our perseverance.<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/is_jeremiah_20_14-18_a_contradiction.htm">Does Jeremiah’s bitter lament in Jeremiah 20:14–18 contradict the portrayal of a steadfast prophet elsewhere in the book? </a> <a href="/q/do_jer._15_3_punishments_conflict_with_god's_love.htm">The graphic punishments in Jeremiah 15:3 seem excessively harsh. Do they conflict with the concept of a just and loving God found elsewhere in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer_15_1_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">If Jeremiah 15:1 implies God would not listen to Moses or Samuel, how does this align with other passages portraying a merciful God?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_god's_changeability.htm">In Jeremiah 15:6, God says, 'I am weary with relenting,' yet other scriptures present Him as unchanging (e.g., Malachi 3:6). How do we reconcile this apparent contradiction?</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>(15) O Lord, thou knowest . . .--The prophet continues in the bitterness of his spirit the complaint that had begun in <a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm" title="Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them does curse me.">Jeremiah 15:10</a>. The words remind us of the imprecations of the so-called vindictive psalms (such, e.g., as Psalms 69, 109), and may help us to understand the genesis of the emotions which they express. Not even the promise of <a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm" title="The LORD said, Truly it shall be well with your remnant; truly I will cause the enemy to entreat you well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.">Jeremiah 15:11</a> has given rest to his soul. He craves to see the righteous retribution for the sufferings which men have wrongfully inflicted on him.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - O Lord, thou knowest, etc. The prophet renews his complaints. God's omniscience is the thought which comforts him (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Jeremiah 17:6</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm">Jeremiah 18:23</a>; <a href="/psalms/69-19.htm">Psalm 69:19</a>). But he desires some visible proof of God's continued care for his servant. Visit me, equivalent to "be attentive to my wants "-an anthropomorphic expression for the operation of Providence. Take me not away in thy long-suffering; i.e. "suffer not my persecutors to destroy me through the long-suffering which thou displayest towards them." "Take away," viz. my life (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/33-4.htm">Ezekiel 33:4</a>, "If the sword come and take him away"). Rebuke; rather, reproach; cutup. <a href="/psalms/69-7.htm">Psalm 69:7</a> (<a href="/psalms/69.htm">Psalm 69</a>. is in the style of Jeremiah, and, as Delitzsch remarks, suits his circumstances better than those of David). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You אַתָּ֧ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you understand, יָדַ֣עְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know O LORD; יְהוָ֗ה (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 remember me זָכְרֵ֤נִי (zā·ḵə·rê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male and attend to me. וּפָקְדֵ֙נִי֙ (ū·p̄ā·qə·ḏê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit Avenge me וְהִנָּ֤קֶם (wə·hin·nā·qem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5358.htm">Strong's 5358: </a> To grudge, avenge, punish against לִי֙ (lî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> my persecutors. מֵרֹ֣דְפַ֔י (mê·rō·ḏə·p̄ay) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7291.htm">Strong's 7291: </a> To pursue, chase, persecute In Your patience, לְאֶ֥רֶךְ (lə·’e·reḵ) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_750.htm">Strong's 750: </a> Long do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not take me away. תִּקָּחֵ֑נִי (tiq·qā·ḥê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take Know that דַּ֕ע (da‘) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know I endure שְׂאֵתִ֥י (śə·’ê·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take reproach חֶרְפָּֽה׃ (ḥer·pāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda for Your honor. עָלֶ֖יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Jeremiah 15:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 15:15 Yahweh you know (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/15-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:16" /></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>