Jeremiah 15:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

Jeremiah 15:15 —

Old words in this verse

suffer: — often: allow, permit.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 69:7-9
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. …
Jeremiah 12:3
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
Luke 21:17
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
Nehemiah 13:22
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Atheism Attributes of God Bigotry Blessing Enquiring of God God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-21)

Here, as before, we have, I. The prophet’s humble address to God, containing a representation both of his integrity and of the hardships he underwent notwithstanding. It is a matter of comfort to us that, whatever ails us, we have a God to go to, before whom we may spread our case and to whose omniscience we may appeal, as the prophet here, “ O Lord! thou knowest; thou knowest my sincerity, which…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. thou knowest--namely, my case; what wrongs my adversaries have done me (Jr 12:3). revenge me--(See on Jr 11:20). The prophet in this had regard to, not his own personal feelings of revenge, but the cause of God; he speaks by inspiration God’s will against the ungodly. Contrast in this the law with the gospel (Lu 23:34; Ac 7:60). take me not away in thy long-suffering--By Thy long-suffering tow…