Jeremiah 15:3

Jeremiah 15:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
• New International Version (NIV)“I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword to kill and the dogs to drag away and the birds and the wild animals to devour and destroy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And I will appoint over them four forms of destruction,” says the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Context of Jeremiah 15:3

1The Lord said to me, ‘Even if Moses and Samuel asked me not to punish these people, I would not agree. I still would not help them. Send them away! I do not want to see them again! 2They may ask you, “Where should we go?” Then tell them, “This is what the Lord says: Those who should become ill and die will die. Those who should die in war will die in war. Those who should die from famine will die from famine. Those who should go away as prisoners will go away as prisoners.” I will send four kinds of punishments to hurt them. Soldiers will kill them in war. Dogs will carry away their dead bodies. Birds and wild animals will eat them and destroy them. 4I will cause the people of all nations to think that the people of Judah are disgusting. That will be because of the evil things that the king of Judah, Hezekiah's son, Manasseh, did in Jerusalem.’ 5The Lord said, ‘People of Jerusalem, nobody will feel sorry for you. Nobody will weep for you. Nobody will stop to ask how you are.

Jeremiah 15:3 word by word

וּפָקַדְתִּ֨י עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם אַרְבַּ֤ע מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־הַחֶ֣רֶב לַֽהֲרֹ֔ג וְאֶת־הַכְּלָבִ֖ים לִסְחֹ֑ב וְאֶת־ע֧וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְאֶת־בֶּהֱמַ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ לֶאֱכֹ֥ל וּלְהַשְׁחִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will appointפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: overseerH6485
• over them fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• kindsמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• to slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• and the dogsכֶּ֫לֶבkeleb · dogH3611
• to tearסָחַבsâchab · to dragH5498
• and the fowlsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• of the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and the beastsבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• to devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843

Cross-references for Jeremiah 15:3

• Jeremiah 7:33Then the bodies of dead people will lie on the ground. Birds and animals will come and eat them. There will be nobody to chase them away.
• Leviticus 26:16So God will send diseases to the people. They will be afraid. The people will have diseases in their eyes. They will get thin and they will die. They will plant their seed and their enemies will eat the fruit.
• Deuteronomy 28:26Your dead bodies will be food for all the birds and the wild animals. No one will be there to chase them away.
• 1 Kings 21:23The Lord says this about Jezebel: “Dogs will eat Jezebel's dead body beside the city wall of Jezreel.”
• 2 Kings 9:35But when they went out to bury her, not much of her body was still there. They found only her skull, her feet and her hands.
• Isaiah 18:6Like those branches, the dead bodies of the soldiers will lie in the fields. The wild animals and the vultures will come to eat them. The vultures will feed on them all through the summer. The wild animals will eat them all through the winter.
• Isaiah 56:9‘Come here, you wild animals! Come, you wild animals that live in the forest! Come and eat my people!
• Ezekiel 14:21This is what the Almighty Lord says: It will be terrible for Jerusalem's people when I punish them in all these four ways. I will send enemy soldiers with swords. I will send famine. I will send wild animals. And I will send disease. That will cause both people and animals to die.
• Revelation 6:8I looked, and I saw a grey horse. The name of the person who was riding the horse was Death. The place for dead people, called Hades, was following near to him. They had authority to kill people in a quarter of the earth. They could kill people in different ways. They could kill them in wars. They could cause people to die because there was no food. They could cause people to become very ill so that they died. They could also cause wild animals to kill people.
• Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel who was standing in the sun. He shouted loudly to all the birds that were flying high in the sky, ‘Come here! Come together to eat the big meal that God has prepared.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 15:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will appoint over them four kinds - There shall appear four instruments of my justice. The sword to slay. The dogs to tear what is slain. The fowls of the heaven to feed on the dead carcasses. And, 4. The wild beasts to destroy all that the fowls have left.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Kinds - literally, as the margin, i. e., classes of things. The first is to destroy the living, the other three to mutilate and consume the dead. To tear - literally, “to drag along the ground.” It forcibly expresses the contumely to which the bodies of the slain will be exposed.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9The Lord replied to Jeremiah's prayer (Jeremiah 14:19–22) that Judah's destruction could not be avoided.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. appoint--(Le 26:16). kinds--of punishments.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 15:3

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In the dictionaries

• Languish
• Rebuke
• Residue
• Revenge
• Appoint
• Four
• Number
• Pottery

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