“But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.”
Jeremiah's request that God test his kidney and heart appeals to divine justice to vindicate his motivations. The acknowledgment that his cause is with God rather than with people shows that Jeremiah has decided to appeal to the ultimate arbiter rather than to convince his contemporaries. The petition to see God's vengeance on those who oppose the prophet shows that Jeremiah trusts God to execute justice. This verse demonstrates that the prophet's confidence ultimately rests not in immediate vindication but in God's ultimate justice.
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