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Jeremiah 15:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 15:18

Verse 18 of 21

Scripture focus

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail?

Jeremiah 15:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 15:18

Theological / Devotional

As a liar. Heb. kemo ’akzab. The ancient versions, the LXX, Old Latin, and Syriac read “as deceitful water.” This has led many scholars to believe that the Hebrew should be keme ’akzab, “like waters of deceit,” that is, waters that fail or dry up, thus deceiving the one who comes expecting water. Many of the streams, or wadies, of Palestine that are filled with a rushing torrent in winter are dry in summer (see on 1 Sam. 17:3).

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