THEOSISJeremiah 17:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
וַאֲנִ֞י לֹא־אַ֣צְתִּי ׀ מֵרֹעֶ֣ה אַחֲרֶ֗יךָ וְי֥וֹם אָנ֛וּשׁ לֹ֥א הִתְאַוֵּ֖יתִי אַתָּ֣ה יָדָ֑עְתָּ מוֹצָ֣א שְׂפָתַ֔י נֹ֥כַח פָּנֶ֖יךָ הָיָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Acts 20:20How I have kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have preached it to you, and taught you publicly, and from house to house,
- Jer 4:19My bowels, my bowels are in part, the senses of my heart are troubled within me, I will not hold my peace, for my soul hath heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of battle.
- Jer 4:20Destruction upon destruction is called for, and all the earth is laid waste: my tents are destroyed on a sudden, and my pavilions in a moment.
- Acts 20:27For I have not spread to declare unto you all, the counsel of God.
- Jer 13:17But if you will not hear this, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride: weeping it shall weep, and my eyes shall run down with tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.
- 2 Cor 2:17For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God: but with sincerity: but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.
- Jas 3:1Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment.
- Jer 20:9Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my heart as a burning fire, shut up in my bones, and I was wearied, not being able to bear it.