Jeremiah 17:15 (YLT)

Passage

Lo, they are saying unto me: `Where <FI>is<Fi> the word of Jehovah? pray, let it come.'

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:13 The hope of Israel <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And `My apostates' in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters.

Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Jehovah, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, for my praise <FI>art<Fi> Thou.

Jeremiah 17:15 Lo, they are saying unto me: `Where <FI>is<Fi> the word of Jehovah? pray, let it come.'

Jeremiah 17:16 And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou--Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

Jeremiah 17:17 Be not Thou to me for a terror, My hope <FI>art<Fi> Thou in a day of evil.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Heal me O Jehovah and I am..." into verse 16's "And I hastened not from feeding after...", so "saying" and "where" 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 "saying" and "where" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.