Jeremiah 15:18
Context| NETBible | Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?” 1 |
| XREF | Job 6:15-20; Job 34:6; Ps 6:3; Ps 13:1-3; Jer 1:18,19; Jer 14:3; Jer 14:19; Jer 20:7; Jer 30:12,15; La 3:1-18; Mic 1:9 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Will you be to me like a deceptive (brook), like waters which do not last [or are not reliable].” sn Jeremiah is speaking of the stream beds or wadis which fill with water after the spring rains but often dry up in the summer time. A fuller picture is painted in Job 6:14-21. This contrasts with the earlier metaphor that God had used of himself in Jer 2:13. |
