Jeremiah 17:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ Lord, I didn’t ·run away from [or insist on] being the shepherd ·you wanted [^Lafter you].
    I didn’t want the ·terrible day [or day of despair] to come.
You know ·everything I have said [^Lwhat comes out of my lips];
    ·you see all that is happening [^Lit was before your face].
¹⁷ Don’t be a terror to me.
    ·I run to you for safety [^LYou are my refuge] in ·times [^Ldays] of ·trouble [disaster; evil].
¹⁸ Make those who are ·hurting [persecuting; pursuing] me be ·ashamed [humiliated],
    but don’t bring ·shame to [humiliation on] me.
Let them be terrified,
    but keep me from terror.
Bring the day of ·disaster [evil; trouble] on them [^Cmy enemies].
    Destroy them, ·and destroy them again [^Lwith double destruction].