Jeremiah 15:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.”
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“Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“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?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 15:18 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 6:15But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
- Job 14:11As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
- Job 34:6Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
- Psalms 6:3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
- Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Jeremiah 1:18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
- Jeremiah 14:3The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
- Jeremiah 14:19Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Jeremiah 20:7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
- Jeremiah 20:18Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
- Jeremiah 30:12For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
- Jeremiah 30:15Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
- Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
- Micah 1:9For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
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