Jeremiah 17:17
Good News Translation
Do not be a terror to me; you are my place of safety when trouble comes.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not become a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster;

Contemporary English Version
I trust you for protection in times of trouble, so don't frighten me.

New American Bible
Do not become a terror to me, you are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.

a terror.

Job 31:23 For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was unable to bear.

Psalm 77:2-9 In the days of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up to him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be comforted: . . .

Psalm 88:15,16 I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled. . . .

thou.

Jeremiah 17:7,13 Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence. . . .

Jeremiah 16:19 O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.

Psalm 41:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. [2] Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

Psalm 59:16 But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and my refuge, in the day of my trouble.

Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.

Ephesians 6:13 Therefore, take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day and to stand in all things perfect.

Context
Jeremiah's Prayer for Deliverance
16And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight. 17Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.18Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.…
Cross References
Psalm 88:15
I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.

Jeremiah 16:19
O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.

Joel 3:16
And the Lord shall roar out of Sion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the heavens and the earth shall be moved, and the Lord shall be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.

Jeremiah 17:16
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