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Did Jeremiah fear God might let him down (Jeremiah 15:19)?

18 Why then does my suffering continue?
Why is my wound so incurable?
Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook,
like a spring that has gone dry.”

Jeremiah 15:10 - 21

NLT - 10 Then I said, “What sorrow is mine, my mother. Oh, that I had died at birth! I am hated everywhere I go. I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose nor a borrower who refuses to pay - yet they all curse me.” 11 The Lord replied, “I will take care of you, Jeremiah. Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf in times of trouble and distress.

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Mini Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
Based on the cited verse and its context, I would say that Jeremiah was indeed engaging in an attitude of despair and self-pity, of which God commanded him in the very next verse to repent, and also saying that, if Jeremiah would repent, God would restore him.

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