Jeremiah 17:17

17 Do not be a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Jeremiah 17:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
ESV
17 Be not a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
NLT
17 LORD, don’t terrorize me! You alone are my hope in the day of disaster.
MSG
17 Don't add to my troubles. Give me some relief!
CSB
17 Don't become a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Jeremiah 17:17 In-Context

15 They keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it now be fulfilled!”
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd; you know I have not desired the day of despair. What passes my lips is open before you.
17 Do not be a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
18 Let my persecutors be put to shame, but keep me from shame; let them be terrified, but keep me from terror. Bring on them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction.
19 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the Gate of the People, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Psalms 88:15-16
  • 2. S Psalms 46:1; Jeremiah 16:19; Nahum 1:7
  • 3. S Psalms 18:18
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