Jeremiah 17:14-19 English Standard Version (ESV)

14. Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;save me, and I shall be saved,for you are my praise.

15. Behold, they say to me,“Where is the word of the Lord?Let it come!”

16. I have not run away from being your shepherd,nor have I desired the day of sickness. You know what came out of my lips;it was before your face.

17. Be not a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.

18. Let those be put to shame who persecute me,but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed,but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of disaster;destroy them with double destruction!

19. Thus said the Lord to me: “Go and stand in the People’s Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,

Jeremiah 17