Jeremiah 17:12 - 17:18

A glorious throne on high from the beginning

Is the place of our sanctuary.

O Yahweh, the hope of Israel,

All who forsake You will be put to shame.

Those who turn away on earth will be written down

Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even Yahweh.

Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed;

Save me and I will be saved,

For You are my praise.

Behold, they keep saying to me,

“Where is the word of Yahweh?

Let it come now!”

But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,

Nor have I longed for the sickening day;

You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips

Was in Your presence.

Do not be a terror to me;

You are my refuge in the day of calamity.

Let those who pursue me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame;

Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.

Bring on them a day of calamity,

And crush them with twofold crushing!