Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path that sinners tread or sit in the seat of scoffers,
Jeremiah 15:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I did not sit in the company of merrymakers, nor did I rejoice; under the weight of your hand I sat alone, for you had filled me with indignation. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I sat not in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me, for You had filled me with indignation. American Standard Version (1901) I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation. Common English Bible I didn’t join the festive occasions; I took no delight in them. I sat alone because your hand was upon me and you had filled me with curses. Catholic Public Domain Version I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats. |
Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path that sinners tread or sit in the seat of scoffers,
See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
But I am full of the wrath of the Lord; I am weary of holding it in. Pour it out on the children in the street and on the gatherings of young men as well; both husband and wife shall be taken, the elderly and those full of days.
Here the account ends. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly terrified me, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter in my mind.
Then the angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which you have been angry these seventy years?”
Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you,