Berean Standard Bible
Jeremiah 15:1-14
1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go! 2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says:
‘Those destined for death, to death;those destined for the sword, to the sword;1those destined for famine, to famine;and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
5Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem?Who will mourn for you?Who will turn asideto ask about your welfare?6You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD.You have turned your back.So I will stretch out My hand against youand I will destroy you;I am weary of showing compassion.
7I will scatter them with a winnowing forkat the gates of the land.I will bereave and destroy My peoplewho have not turned from their ways.8I will make their widows more numerousthan the sand of the sea.I will bring a destroyer at noonagainst the mothers of young men.I will suddenly bring upon themanguish and dismay.
9The mother of seven will grow faint;she will breathe her last breath.Her sun will set while it is still day;she will be disgraced and humiliated.And the rest I will put to the swordin the presence of their enemies,”declares the LORD.
10Woe to me, my mother,that you have borne me,a man of strife and conflictin all the land.I have neither lent nor borrowed,yet everyone curses me.
11The LORD said:
“Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose;surely I will intercede with your enemyin your time of trouble,in your time of distress.12Can anyone smash iron—iron from the north—or bronze?13Your wealth and your treasuresI will give up as plunder,without charge for all your sinswithin all your borders.14Then I will enslave you to your enemiesin a land2 you do not know,for My anger will kindle a firethat will burn against you.”
Notes
- 1. Jeremiah 15:2 See Revelation 13:10. ↩
- 2. Jeremiah 15:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Syriac (see also Jeremiah 17:4); most Hebrew manuscripts Then I will cause your enemies to bring you into a land ↩
Commentaries on Jeremiah 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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