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I sat alone because your hand was on me. I was filled with indignation at their sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I did not sit in the company of revelers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, For You have filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I did not sit in a circle of revelers and celebrate. Because of Your hand <i>upon me</i> I sat alone, For You filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers, Nor did I exult. Because of Your hand upon me I sat alone, For You filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers, Nor did I exult. Because of Thy hand <i>upon me</i> I sat alone, For Thou didst fill me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers, Nor did I exult. Because of Your hand <i>upon me</i> I sat alone, For You filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I did not sit with the group of those who celebrate, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was <i>upon me,</i> For You had filled me with indignation [at their sin].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I never sat with the band of revelers, and I did not celebrate with them. Because your hand was on me, I sat alone, for you filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I never sat with the band of revelers, and I did not celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You filled me with indignation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I don't go to parties and have a good time. Instead, I keep to myself, because you have filled me with your anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced: I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I didn't keep company with those who laugh and have fun. I sat alone because your hand was on me. You filled me with outrage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I did not spend my time with other people, laughing and having a good time. In obedience to your orders I stayed by myself and was filled with anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I didn't sit in the company of those who have fun, and I didn't rejoice. Because of your hand on me, I sat alone, for you filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, "" Nor do I exult, because of your hand—I have sat alone, "" For You have filled me [with] indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, -- Alone I have sat, For with indignation Thou hast filled me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I sat not in the assembly of those mocking, and I will not exult; from the face of thy hand I sat alone, for thou didst fill me with anger.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I did not sit celebrating in the circle of merrymakers; Under the weight of your hand I sat alone because you filled me with rage. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I did not sit in the company of merrymakers, nor did I rejoice; under the weight of your hand I sat alone, for you had filled me with indignation.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />O LORD God of hosts, I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, but I was afraid because of thy hand, and I sat alone; for thou hast filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I have not sat in the assembly of mockers, but I was afraid before your hand, and I have sat alone, because rage has filled me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of Thy hand; For Thou hast filled me with indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of thy power: I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4649" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Jeremiah's Woe</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>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. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><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 never</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yā·šaḇ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">sat</a> <a href="/hebrew/5475.htm" title="5475: ḇə·sō·wḏ- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Council, counsel. From yacad; a session, i.e. Company of persons; by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret.">with the band</a> <a href="/hebrew/7832.htm" title="7832: mə·śa·ḥă·qîm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To laugh. A primitive root; to laugh; by implication, to play.">of revelers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5937.htm" title="5937: wā·’e‘·lōz (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To exult. A primitive root; to jump for joy, i.e. Exult.">nor did I celebrate with them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">Because</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">Your hand was on me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yā·šaḇ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">I sat</a> <a href="/hebrew/910.htm" title="910: bā·ḏāḏ (N-ms) -- Isolation, separation. From badad; separate; adverb, separately.">alone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mil·lê·ṯā·nî (V-Piel-Perf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">You have filled me</a> <a href="/hebrew/2195.htm" title="2195: za·‘am (N-ms) -- Indignation. From za'am; strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. fury.">with indignation.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a></span><br />Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/26-4.htm">Psalm 26:4-5</a></span><br />I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites. / I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Psalm 69:9</a></span><br />because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-7.htm">Psalm 102:7</a></span><br />I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-53.htm">Psalm 119:53</a></span><br />Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-136.htm">Psalm 119:136</a></span><br />My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-158.htm">Psalm 119:158</a></span><br />I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-28.htm">Lamentations 3:28-29</a></span><br />Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him. / Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm">Ezekiel 3:14</a></span><br />So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-24.htm">Ezekiel 3:24</a></span><br />Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10-12</a></span><br />Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-17.htm">John 2:17</a></span><br />His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-18.htm">John 15:18-19</a></span><br />If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation.</p><p class="hdg">sat not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a></b></br> Blessed <i>is</i> the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/26-4.htm">Psalm 26:4,5</a></b></br> I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a></b></br> Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean <i>thing</i>; and I will receive you,</p><p class="hdg">sat alone.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Jeremiah 13:17</a></b></br> But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for <i>your</i> pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-28.htm">Lamentations 3:28</a></b></br> He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne <i>it</i> upon him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/3-24.htm">Ezekiel 3:24,25</a></b></br> Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house… </p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a></b></br> See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Jeremiah 6:11</a></b></br> Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with <i>him that is</i> full of days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Jeremiah 20:8,9</a></b></br> 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… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Circle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Company</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Exult</a> <a href="/job/31-29.htm">Exulted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-19.htm">Merry</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Merrymakers</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Mockers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-19.htm">Rejoiced</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Revelers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-21.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Sit</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/34-7.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-17.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/mark/3-34.htm">Circle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-20.htm">Company</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Exult</a> <a href="/john/8-56.htm">Exulted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-15.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-22.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-11.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-19.htm">Merry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-4.htm">Merrymakers</a> <a href="/hosea/7-5.htm">Mockers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-13.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-41.htm">Rejoiced</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Revelers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-10.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-12.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-8.htm">Sit</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Jeremiah, complaining of their spite, receives a promise for himself;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-12.htm">and a threatening for them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">He prays;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">and receives a gracious promise.</a></span><br></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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In the cultural context of ancient Israel, sitting with revelers would imply participation in activities contrary to God's commands. This separation highlights Jeremiah's commitment to his prophetic calling, reminiscent of <a href="/psalms/1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a>, which advises against walking in the counsel of the wicked. The prophet's lifestyle serves as a model of holiness and dedication to God's mission.<p><b>nor did I celebrate with them</b><br>Jeremiah's refusal to join in celebrations with the revelers underscores his role as a prophet set apart for God's purposes. Celebrations in ancient times often included pagan rituals and idolatry, which Jeremiah was called to denounce. His abstention reflects a life of sacrifice and obedience, aligning with the Nazarite vow of separation for God's service, as seen in <a href="/numbers/6.htm">Numbers 6</a>.<p><b>Because Your hand was on me</b><br>The phrase indicates divine calling and empowerment. God's hand on Jeremiah signifies both guidance and the burden of his prophetic mission. This echoes the experiences of other prophets, such as Ezekiel, who felt the hand of the Lord upon him (<a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm">Ezekiel 3:14</a>). It also foreshadows the New Testament concept of being led by the Spirit, as seen in <a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Acts 13:2</a>.<p><b>I sat alone</b><br>Jeremiah's solitude is a result of his prophetic office, which often required him to stand against the prevailing culture. This isolation is a common theme among prophets, who frequently faced rejection and loneliness. Elijah's experience in <a href="/1_kings/19.htm">1 Kings 19</a>, where he felt alone in his zeal for God, parallels Jeremiah's situation. The solitude underscores the cost of discipleship and the call to be set apart for God's purposes.<p><b>for You have filled me with indignation</b><br>The indignation Jeremiah feels is a righteous anger against the sin and idolatry of his people. This divine indignation is a reflection of God's own anger towards sin, as seen throughout the prophetic books. It aligns with Jesus' cleansing of the temple in <a href="/john/2-15.htm">John 2:15-17</a>, where His zeal for God's house consumed Him. Jeremiah's indignation is not personal but a response to the spiritual state of the nation, emphasizing the prophet's alignment with God's heart.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah. Known for his deep emotional connection to his prophetic mission and the suffering he endured because of it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/r/revelers.htm">Revelers</a></b><br>People engaged in festivities and celebrations, often associated with idolatrous practices and moral laxity in the context of Jeremiah's time.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_hand.htm">God's Hand</a></b><br>A metaphor for God's influence, guidance, and sometimes discipline in the life of Jeremiah, setting him apart for a specific purpose.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/indignation.htm">Indignation</a></b><br>A strong feeling of displeasure or anger, often righteous, that Jeremiah felt due to the sin and rebellion he witnessed among his people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/separation_for_holiness.htm">Separation for Holiness</a></b><br>Jeremiah's choice to avoid the company of revelers highlights the importance of separating oneself from sinful influences to maintain holiness and integrity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_obedience.htm">The Cost of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's calling may lead to loneliness or isolation, as seen in Jeremiah's life. Believers should be prepared for such sacrifices in their walk with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/righteous_indignation.htm">Righteous Indignation</a></b><br>Feeling indignation over sin is a natural response for those aligned with God's heart. It can motivate believers to pray and act for change.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_solitude.htm">God's Presence in Solitude</a></b><br>Even in times of loneliness, God's hand is upon His people, providing strength and purpose. Believers can find comfort in His presence during such times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/purpose_in_isolation.htm">Purpose in Isolation</a></b><br>Times of solitude can be used by God to deepen one's relationship with Him and clarify His purpose for their life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_guard_hearts_and_minds.htm">What does 'God is a Healer' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_couldn't_ezekiel_mourn_his_wife.htm">Why would God forbid Ezekiel from mourning his wife’s death (Ezekiel 24:15–18), and how does this command reconcile with the Bible’s portrayal of divine compassion? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_kings_17_34-39__why_did_god_reject_israel.htm">2 Kings 17:34-39 - If God's covenant with Israel was everlasting, how does the text reconcile this with the assertion that He 'rejected all the descendants of Israel?'</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_rev_19_14's_army.htm">Revelation 19:14 describes an army in white linen on heavenly horses--what evidence supports a real historical or spiritual event like this?</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>(17) <span class= "bld">In the assembly of the mockers.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">of the mirthful. </span>The word, which is the same as that found in Isaac (= laughter), does not necessarily imply an evil or cynical mirth, like that of the "scorner" of <a href="/psalms/1-1.htm" title="Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.">Psalm 1:1</a>. What is meant is, that from the time of his consecration to his office the prophet's life had not been as the life of other men, but had been marked by a strange loneliness, filled with the consuming wrath of Jehovah against the evils that surrounded him. The "hand" of Jehovah is used here, as in <a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm" title="The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there on him.">Ezekiel 1:3</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/3-22.htm" title="And the hand of the LORD was there on me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you.">Ezekiel 3:22</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/8-1.htm" title="And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there on me.">Ezekiel 8:1</a>, for the special overpowering consciousness of the fulness of inspiration.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In the assembly of the mockers</span>; rather, <span class="accented">of the laughers</span>. The serious thoughts arising out of his sacred office restrained him from taking part in the festive meetings to which his youth would naturally incline him (comp. on Jeremiah 16:2). <span class="cmt_word">Because of thy hand</span>. The Hand of Jehovah is a figurative expression for the self-revealing and irresistible power of Jehovah; it is, therefore, equivalent to the Arm of Jehovah (<a href="/isaiah/53-1.htm">Isaiah 53:1</a>), but is used in preference with regard to the divinely ordained actions and words of the prophets. Thus we are told, in the accounts of Elijah and Elisha, that "the hand of the Lord came upon" them (<a href="/1_kings/18-46.htm">1 Kings 18:46</a>; <a href="/2_kings/3-15.htm">2 Kings 3:15</a>). Such a phrase was probably at first descriptive of a completely passive ecstatic state, and was retained when ecstasies had become rare, with a somewhat laxer meaning. Isaiah uses a similar expression but once (<a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11</a>); Ezekiel, however, who appears to have been unusually rifled with the overpowering thought of the supernatural world, is constantly mentioning "the hand of Jehovah" (see <a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm">Ezekiel 1:3</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/3-22.htm">Ezekiel 3:22</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Ezekiel 37:1</a>; and especially Ezekiel 3:14; 8:3). We may infer from this variation in the practice of inspired writers that, though symbolical, anthropomorphic language is not always equally necessary in speaking of Divine things, yet it cannot be entirely dispensed with, even by the most gifted and spiritual teachers. <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast filled me with indignation</span>; rather, <span class="accented">thou hadst filled me</span>. Jeremiah was too full of his Divine message to indulge in impracticable sentimentalities. There was no thought of self when Jeremiah received his mission, nor any bitterness towards those who up-posed him. His "indignation" was that of Jehovah, whose simple instrument he was (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Jeremiah 6:11</a>, "I am full of the fury of the Lord"). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I never</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sat</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשַׁ֥בְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šaḇ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the band</span><br /><span class="heb">בְסוֹד־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·sō·wḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5475.htm">Strong's 5475: </a> </span><span class="str2">A session, company of persons, intimacy, consultation, a secret</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of revelers,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(mə·śa·ḥă·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7832.htm">Strong's 7832: </a> </span><span class="str2">To laugh, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I did not celebrate with them.</span><br /><span class="heb">וָֽאֶעְלֹ֑ז</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’e‘·lōz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5937.htm">Strong's 5937: </a> </span><span class="str2">To jump for, joy, exult</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Because</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your hand was on me,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָֽדְךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I sat</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשַׁ֔בְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šaḇ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">alone,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּדָ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḏāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_910.htm">Strong's 910: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isolation, separation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for You have filled me</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלֵּאתָֽנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lê·ṯā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with indignation.</span><br /><span class="heb">זַ֖עַם</span> <span class="translit">(za·‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2195.htm">Strong's 2195: </a> </span><span class="str2">Froth at the mouth, fury</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Jeremiah 15:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 15:17 I didn't sit in the assembly (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:18" /></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>