Jeremías 17:17

17 No seas para mí un motivo de terror;tú eres mi refugio en tiempos de calamidad.

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 No falta quien me pregunte:«¿Dónde está la palabra del SEÑOR?¡Que se haga realidad!»

16 Pero yo no me he apresuradoa abandonarte y dejar de ser tu pastor,ni he deseado que venga el día de la calamidad.Tú bien sabes lo que he dicho,pues lo dije en tu presencia.

17 No seas para mí un motivo de terror;tú eres mi refugio en tiempos de calamidad.

18 ¡No me pongas a mí en vergüenza;avergüénzalos a ellos!¡No me llenes de terror a mí;aterrorízalos a ellos!Envíales tiempos difíciles;¡destrózalos, y vuelve a destrozarlos!

19 Así me dijo el SEÑOR: «Ve y párate en la puerta del Pueblo, por donde entran y salen los reyes de Judá, y luego en todas las puertas de Jerusalén,