Jeremiah 15:19

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Jeremiah 15:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 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.

18 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.

19 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

20 Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

21 I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”

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Jeremiah 15:10

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 15:11

The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

Jeremiah 15:12

Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze?

Jeremiah 15:13

Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.

Jeremiah 15:14

Then 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.”

Jeremiah 15:15

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.

Jeremiah 15:16

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.

Jeremiah 15:17

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.

Jeremiah 15:18

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.

Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

Exodus 6:29

He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”

Exodus 6:30

But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

Jonah 3:2

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

Zechariah 3:7

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.

Luke 1:19

“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Luke 21:36

So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Jude 1:24

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

Leviticus 10:10

You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

Isaiah 32:5

No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.

Isaiah 32:6

For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 44:23

They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

Exodus 4:12

Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”

Exodus 4:15

You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.

Exodus 4:16

He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.

Luke 10:16

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Luke 12:12

For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

Luke 21:15

For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Jeremiah 38:20

“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.

Jeremiah 38:21

But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

Ezekiel 2:7

But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

Ezekiel 3:10

“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.

Ezekiel 3:11

Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

Acts 20:27

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 2:5

We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.