Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 15 connects to 10 cross-references. God declares that even Moses and Samuel interceding could not turn away judgment. Jeremiah's lament intensifies: he did not sit with the merry but sat alone because of God's hand, consumed with indignation. God assures Jeremiah he will be rescued …
Other Translations
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?
Why hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable? It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast.
Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.
Cross References
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the …
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the …
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; …
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing …
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am …
For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were …
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;