Jeremiah 17:15 (LSB)

Passage

Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of Yahweh? Let it come now!”

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:13 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.

Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, For You are my praise.

Jeremiah 17:15 Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of Yahweh? Let it come now!”

Jeremiah 17:16 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.

Jeremiah 17:17 Do not be a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of calamity.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "keep", "saying", "where", "word", "yahweh", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "keep", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Heal me O Yahweh and I will..." into verse 16's "But as for me I have not...", so "behold" and "keep" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "behold" and "keep" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.