Jer 15:18 | NET2full | STEP | Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish ? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound ? Will you let me down when I need you, like a brook one goes to for water but that cannot be relied on ?”

‏ Jeremiah 15:18

18 Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish?
Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound?
Will you let me down when I need you,
like a brook one goes to for water but that cannot be relied on?” ^{▼▼tn Heb “Will you be to me like a deceptive (brook), like waters which do not last [or are not reliable].”} ^{▼▼sn Jeremiah is speaking of the stream beds or wadis, which fill with water after the spring rains but often dry up in the summer time. A fuller picture is painted in Job 6:14-21. This contrasts with the earlier metaphor that God had used of himself in Jer 2:13.}