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Jeremiah 17:16 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 16. 16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee” at Jeremiah 17:16 as a specific part of “Sanctuary Hope and Persecuted Prophetic Prayer.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 17:12–18
Jeremiah 17:16 belongs to “Sanctuary Hope and Persecuted Prophetic Prayer.” The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee” at Jeremiah 17:16 as a specific part of “Sanctuary Hope and Persecuted Prophetic Prayer.” Read the surrounding movement before drawing theology or application.
Why It Needs Context
The prophetic or communal lament states or reports “As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee” at Jeremiah 17:16 as a specific part of “Sanctuary Hope and Persecuted Prophetic Prayer.” The line cannot responsibly stand apart from the dated setting, surrounding images or speech, and Jeremiah 17:12–18's conclusion.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 17:12–18 — Sanctuary Hope and Persecuted Prophetic PrayerSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 17:12–18, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 17:12–18
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