Jeremías 17:17

17 No me seas tú por espanto; esperanza mía eres tú en el día malo

Jeremías 17:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 17:17

Be not a terror unto me
By deserting him, and leaving him in the hands of his enemies; or by denying him supports under their reproaches and persecution; or by withdrawing his gracious presence from him, than which nothing is more terrible to a good man; or by withholding the comfortable influences of his Spirit; or by suffering terrors to be injected into him from any quarter; and more is meant than is expressed; namely, that God would be a comforter of him, and bear him up under all his troubles:

thou [art] my hope in the day of evil:
the author and object of his hope; the ground and foundation of it, from whom he hoped for deliverance, when it was a time of distress with him, from outward as well as from inward enemies; he was his hope in a time of outward calamity, and in the hour of death and day of judgment.

Jeremías 17:17 In-Context

15 He aquí que ellos me dicen: ¿Dónde está la palabra del SEÑOR? Venga ahora

16 Mas yo no me entremetí a ser pastor en pos de ti, ni deseé día de calamidad, tú lo sabes. Lo que de mi boca ha salido, en tu presencia ha salido

17 No me seas tú por espanto; esperanza mía eres tú en el día malo

18 Avergüéncense los que me persiguen, y no me avergüence yo; asombrense ellos, y no me asombre yo; trae sobre ellos día malo, y quebrántalos con doble quebrantamiento

19 Así me dijo el SEÑOR: Ve, y ponte a la puerta de los hijos del pueblo, por la cual entran y salen los reyes de Judá, y a todas las puertas de Jerusalén