Jeremiah 17:15
Good News Translation
The people say to me, "Where are those threats the LORD made against us? Let him carry them out now!"

New Revised Standard Version
See how they say to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come!”

Contemporary English Version
The people of Judah say to me, "Jeremiah, you claimed to tell us what the LORD has said. So why hasn't it come true?"

New American Bible
See how they say to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come to pass!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come.

Jeremiah 20:7,8 Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I am deceived: thou hast been stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I am become a laughingstock all the day, all scoff at me. . . .

Isaiah 5:19 That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

Ezekiel 12:22,27,28 Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: The days shall be prolonged, and every vision shall fail. . . .

Amos 5:18 Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

2 Peter 3:3,4 Knowing this first: That in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts, . . .

Context
Jeremiah's Prayer for Deliverance
14Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. 15Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come.16And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight.…
Cross References
2 Peter 3:4
Saying: Where is his promise or his coming? For since the time that the fathers slept, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

Isaiah 5:19
That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment?

Jeremiah 17:14
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