Jeremiah 17:17 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Jeremiah 17:18 Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed--me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted--me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time <FI>with<Fi> destruction destroy them.

Jeremiah 17:19 Thus said Jehovah unto me: `Go, and thou hast stood in the gate of the sons of the people, by which kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all gates of Jerusalem,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "terror", "hope", and "evil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "terror", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And I hastened not from feeding after..." into verse 18's "Let my pursuers be ashamed and let...", so "thou" and "terror" 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 "thou" and "terror" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.