Jeremiah 15:16–20

16 Your words were found, and I zate them,

And aYour word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;

For I am called by Your name,

O Lord God of hosts.

17 bI 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.

18 Why is my cpain perpetual

And my wound incurable,

Which refuses to be healed?

Will You surely be to me dlike an unreliable stream,

As waters that 6fail?

The Lord Reassures Jeremiah

19 Therefore thus says the Lord:

e“If you return,

Then I will bring you back;

You shall fstand before Me;

If you gtake out the precious from the vile,

You shall be as My mouth.

Let them return to you,

But you must not return to them.

20 And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze hwall;

And they will fight against you,

But ithey shall not prevail against you;

For I am with you to save you

And deliver you,” says the Lord.