Jeremiah 17:16-18

World English Bible

¹⁶ As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you.
    I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know.
    That which came out of my lips was before your face.
¹⁷ Don’t be a terror to me.
    You are my refuge in the day of evil.
¹⁸ Let them be disappointed who persecute me,
    but let not me be disappointed.
Let them be dismayed,
    but don’t let me be dismayed.
Bring on them the day of evil,
    and destroy them with double destruction.