hastened from being # 24_JER_17_16  As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee_ neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest_ that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee. ## As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.