New English Translation
Jeremiah 30:15
15Why do you complain about your injuries, that your pain is incurable? I have done all this to you because your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.
Jeremiah 30:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why do you cry out over your hurt? Your pain is incurable. Because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why do you cry about your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable. Because of the multitude of your iniquities, Because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.
Context of Jeremiah 30:15
13There is no one to plead your cause. There are no remedies for your wounds. There is no healing for you. 14All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much. Why do you complain about your injuries, that your pain is incurable? I have done all this to you because your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much. 16But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged. 17Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the Lord, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for.”
Read all of Jeremiah 30Jeremiah 30:15 word by word
מַה־תִּזְעַק֙ עַל־שִׁבְרֵ֔ךְ אָנ֖וּשׁ מַכְאֹבֵ֑ךְ עַ֣ל׀ רֹ֣ב עֲוֹנֵ֗ךְ עָֽצְמוּ֙ חַטֹּאתַ֔יִךְ עָשִׂ֥יתִי אֵ֖לֶּה לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Why criestזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
- thou for thine afflictionשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
- thy sorrowמַכְאוֹבmak'ôb mak'ôb mak'ôbâh · painH4341
- incurableאָנַשׁ'ânash · be incurableH605
- for the multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
- of thine iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: guiltH5771
- thy sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- were increasedעָצֹם‛âtsam · be vastH6105
- I have doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
Cross-references for Jeremiah 30:15
- Jeremiah 15:18Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?”
- Joshua 9:10and all he did to the two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan – King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in Ashtaroth.
- Lamentations 3:39Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins? נ (Nun)
- Micah 7:9I must endure the Lord’s anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance.
- Jeremiah 30:12Moreover, the Lord says to the people of Zion, “Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe.
- Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment, you dear poor people of Egypt. But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use; there will be no healing for you.
- Job 34:6Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.’
- Isaiah 30:13So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.
- Hosea 5:12I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.
- Micah 1:9For Samaria’s disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and has even contaminated Jerusalem!
- Malachi 4:1(3:19) “For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord who rules over all. “It will not leave even a root or branch.
- Jeremiah 30:14All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.
- Jeremiah 2:19Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Lord God who rules over all.
- Jeremiah 5:6So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.
- Jeremiah 6:6All of this is because the Lord who rules over all has said: ‘Cut down the trees around Jerusalem and build up a siege ramp against its walls. This is the city which is to be punished. Nothing but oppression happens in it.
- Jeremiah 7:8“‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 30:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Thy sorrow is incurable - אנוש anush, desperate. See Jeremiah 30:12.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Translate it: Why criest thou because of thy breaking? Because thy pain is grievous? Because of the multitude of thine iniquity, Because thy sins are strong, I have done these things unto thee.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long as we neglect the heavenly Advocate and sanctifying Spirit…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The Israelites could not protest their punishment. They deserved their exile, and God's justice required their punishment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Why criest thou--as if God's severity was excessive. Thou hast no reason to complain, for thine affliction is just. Thy cry is too late, for the time of repentance and mercy is past [Calvin].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 30
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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