Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 15:2-9

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.

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1. Jeremiah 15:2 See Revelation 13:10. ↩

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