Jeremiah 15:18 “Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed…”

Jeremiah 15:18

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

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Why is mine heauines continuall? and my plague desperate and cannot be healed? why art thou vnto me as a lyar, and as waters that faile?

Darby Translation

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous [spring], [as] waters that fail?

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.

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Cross references

“my pain”

Jeremiah 14:19 Psalm 6:3 Psalm 13:1–3 Lamentations 3:1–18

Jeremiah 14:19 · BSB

Have 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.

Psalm 6:3 · BSB

My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

Psalm 13:1–3 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Lamentations 3:1–18 · BSB

I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

“my wound”

Jeremiah 30:15 Job 34:6 Micah 1:9 Jeremiah 30:12

Jeremiah 30:15 · BSB

Why 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.

Job 34:6 · BSB

Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Micah 1:9 · BSB

For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

Jeremiah 30:12 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

“as a”

Jeremiah 20:7 Jeremiah 1:18 Jeremiah 1:19

Jeremiah 20:7 · BSB

You 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 1:18 · BSB

Now 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 1:19 · BSB

They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

“and as”

Jeremiah 14:3 Job 6:15–20

Jeremiah 14:3 · BSB

The 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.

Job 6:15–20 · BSB

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

19Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

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