Jeremiah 17:17
King James VersionSource notes
“Be not a terror unto me: thou my hope in the day of evil.”
Context
14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou my praise.
15Behold, they say unto me, Where the word of the LORD? let it come now.
16As for me, I have not hastened from a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thee.
17Be not a terror unto me: thou my hope in the day of evil.
18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
19Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
20And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: