Jeremiah 15:16

Translations

Modern

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Traditional

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

Literal

Your words were found, and I consumed them, and Your word to me was the joy and the gladness of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O YHWH God of Hosts.

Latin

Inventi sunt sermones tui, et comedi eos: et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium et in lætitiam cordis mei, quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me, Domine Deus exercituum.

Original

Hebrew

English

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Notes

Jeremiah 15:16–17

Jeremiah was happy to share God's word, even though it meant he could not join the joyful feasts of his sinful people. He complained about the unfairness he experienced (Jeremiah 15:18).

Jeremiah 15:15–18

Jeremiah's prayer reveals a key moment in his relationship with the Lord. Persecution had weakened him. Jeremiah might have started to think like the rebellious people of Judah.

Jeremiah 15:10–21

Jeremiah shared his feelings with God about the unfair treatment he faced for delivering God's message. In response, God promised to protect and care for him.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Word

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

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And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
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“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
Psalm 119:101–103
I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
Job 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Psalm 19:10
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
Psalm 119:111
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Psalm 119:97
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
Psalm 119:72
The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Jeremiah 14:9
Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

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LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

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