Jeremiah 15:9

Jeremiah 15:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)The mother of seven will grow faint and breathe her last. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. I will put the survivors to the sword before their enemies,” declares the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“She languishes who has borne seven; She has breathed her last; Her sun has gone down While it was yet day; She has been ashamed and confounded. And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword Before their enemies,” says the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The mother of seven grows faint and gasps for breath; her sun has gone down while it is still day. She sits childless now, disgraced and humiliated. And I will hand over those who are left to be killed by the enemy. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Context of Jeremiah 15:9

7I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people; they did not turn from their ways. 8I have made their widows more in number than the sand of the seas; I have brought against the mothers of young men a destroyer at noonday; I have made anguish and terror fall upon them suddenly. She who bore seven has grown feeble; she has fainted away; her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares the Lord." 10Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. 11The Lord said, "Have I not set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress?

Jeremiah 15:9 word by word

אֻמְלְלָ֞ה יֹלֶ֣דֶת הַשִּׁבְעָ֗ה נָפְחָ֥ה נַפְשָׁ֛הּ בָּ֥א שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּ בְּעֹ֥ד יוֹמָ֖ם בּ֣וֹשָׁה וְחָפֵ֑רָה וּשְׁאֵֽרִיתָ֗ם לַחֶ֧רֶב אֶתֵּ֛ן לִפְנֵ֥י אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• She that hath borneיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• languishethאָמַל'âmal · be weakH535
• she hath given upנָפַחnâphach · to breatheH5301
• the ghostנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• her sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• is goneבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• yet dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• yet dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• she hath been ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• and confoundedחָפֵרchâphêr · be ashamedH2659
• and the residueשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• of them will I deliverנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• to the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• their enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 15:9

• 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.
• Isaiah 47:9These two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day; the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments.
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.
• Lamentations 4:10The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Amos 8:9"And on that day," declares the Lord God, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.
• Jeremiah 15:2And when they ask you, 'Where shall we go?' you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord: "'Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence, and those who are for the sword, to the sword; those who are for famine, to famine, and those who are for captivity, to captivity.'
• Jeremiah 44:27Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.
• Ezekiel 5:12A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 15:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9She that hath borne seven - She that hath had a numerous offspring; Jerusalem, the parent of so many cities, villages, and families in the land. Seven signifies a complete or full number.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9She hath been ashamed - Or, “is ashamed.” To a Hebrew mother to be childless was a disgrace. Many consider that Jeremiah 15:7-9 refer to the battle of Megiddo, and depict the consternation of Jerusalem at that sad event. If so, in the sun going down while it was day, there will be a reference to the eclipse on September 30,610 b.c.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Both the old and young men would pass away.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. borne seven--(1Sa 2:5). Seven being the perfect number indicates full fruitfulness. languisheth--because not even one is left of all her sons (Jr 15:8). sun is gone down while ... yet day--Fortune deserts her at the very height of her prosperity (Am 8:9). she ... ashamed--The mothers (she being collective) are put to the shame of disappointed hopes through the loss of all their children.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 15:9

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• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
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In the dictionaries

• Ghost
• Languish
• Rebuke
• Residue
• Revenge
• Ashamed
• Night
• Eclipse of the Sun

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