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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 17:16 - 17:16
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I have not refused Thy call of me to be a prophet (Jon 1:3), however painful to me it was to utter what would be sure to irritate the hearers (Jer 1:4, etc.).; therefore Thou shouldest not forsake me (Jer 15:15, etc.).
to follow thee - literally, “after thee”; as an under-pastor following Thee, the Chief Shepherd (Ecc 12:11; 1Pe 5:4).
neither ... desired - I have not wished for the day of calamity, though I foretell it as about to come on my countrymen; therefore they have no reason for persecuting me.
thou knowest - I appeal to Thee for the truth of what I assert.
that which came out of my lips - my words (Deu 23:23).
right before thee - rather, “was before Thee”; was known to Thee - (Pro 5:21).