I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
- NKJV I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, For You have filled me with indignation.
- NASB I did not sit in a circle of revelers and celebrate. Because of Your hand upon me I sat alone, For You filled me with indignation.
- NLT I never joined the people in their merry feasts. I sat alone because your hand was on me. I was filled with indignation at their sins.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah sat alone, apart from the merrymakers, filled with God's indignation rather than sharing in their revelry. Faithfulness to God set him apart from the careless joys of a sinful society.
Overview
Because God's hand was upon him and filled him with holy indignation at the people's sin, Jeremiah could not join the celebrations of those ignoring coming judgment. His isolation was the cost of his calling. It illustrates how faithfulness often means separation from the world's ease, a path walked perfectly by Christ, who was set apart yet bore our griefs.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- Lam 3:28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
- Ezek 3:24–25Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
- Ps 26:4–5I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
- Jer 6:11Therefore I am full of Yahweh’s wrath. I am weary with holding in. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.
- 2 Cor 6:17Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- Jer 13:17But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because Yahweh’s flock is taken captive.
- Ps 102:7I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
- Jer 16:8“You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.”
- Jer 20:8–9For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.
- Jer 1:10Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
- Dan 7:28Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my face was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
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