Jeremia 17:15

15 Siehe, sie sprechen zu mir: Wo ist denn des HERRN Wort? Laß es doch kommen!

Jeremia 17:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 17:15

Behold, they say unto me
Or, "they are saying unto me" {y}, continually; these were their daily flouts and jeers:

Where [is] the word of the Lord?
that thou hast so often talked of? thou hast for a long time threatened us with a siege, and famine, pestilence, and the sword, and captivity, but none of these come to pass; where is the accomplishment of them? thou hast pretended to have the word of the Lord for all this; but where is it, or the fulfilment of it? so the Targum,

``where is that which thou hast prophesied in the name of the Lord?''

the judgments, as punishments for sin, he prophesied of. This has been always usual in all ages, that when God's judgments threatened have not been immediately executed, scoffers and mockers have rose up, suggesting they would never come; see ( Malachi 2:17 ) ( 2 Peter 3:3 2 Peter 3:4 ) ;

let it come now;
immediately, or we shall not believe it ever will; a very impudent, daring, and wicked expression: this is like that in ( Isaiah 5:19 ) . The Targum is,

``let it now be confirmed;''

or fulfilled; declaring as their impiety, so their infidelity; not believing it ever would be fulfilled.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (yla Myrma hmh hnh) "ecce illi sunt dicentes ad me", Schmidt.

Jeremia 17:15 In-Context

13 Denn, Herr, du bist die Hoffnung Israels. Alle, die dich verlassen, müssen zu Schanden werden, und die Abtrünnigen müssen in die Erde geschrieben werden; denn sie verlassen den HERRN, die Quelle des lebendigen Wassers.

14 Heile du mich, HERR, so werde ich heil; hilf du mir, so ist mir geholfen; denn du bist mein Ruhm.

15 Siehe, sie sprechen zu mir: Wo ist denn des HERRN Wort? Laß es doch kommen!

16 Aber ich bin nicht von dir geflohen, daß ich nicht dein Hirte wäre; so habe ich den bösen Tag nicht begehrt, das weißt du; was ich gepredigt habe, das ist recht vor dir.

17 Sei du nur nicht schrecklich, meine Zuversicht in der Not!