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Jeremiah 15:13
13“Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder, without charge, because of all your sins throughout your country.
Jeremiah 15:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Your wealth and your treasures I will give as spoil, without price, for all your sins, throughout all your territory.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder without price, Because of all your sins, Throughout your territories.
- New Living Translation (NLT)At no cost to them, I will hand over your wealth and treasures as plunder to your enemies, for sin runs rampant in your land.
Context of Jeremiah 15:13
11The Lord said, “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will make your enemies plead with you in times of disaster and times of distress. 12“Can a man break iron— iron from the north—or bronze? “Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder, without charge, because of all your sins throughout your country. 14I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for my anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.” 15Lord, you understand; remember me and care for me. Avenge me on my persecutors. You are long-suffering—do not take me away; think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.
Read all of Jeremiah 15Jeremiah 15:13 word by word
חֵילְךָ֧ וְאוֹצְרוֹתֶ֛יךָ לָבַ֥ז אֶתֵּ֖ן לֹ֣א בִמְחִ֑יר וּבְכָל־חַטֹּאותֶ֖יךָ וּבְכָל־גְּבוּלֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thy substanceחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
- and thy treasuresאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
- will I giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- to the spoilבַּזbaz · plunderH957
- without priceמְחִירmechîyr · priceH4242
- for all thy sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- even in all thy bordersגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366
Cross-references for Jeremiah 15:13
- Jeremiah 15:8I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. At midday I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men; suddenly I will bring down on them anguish and terror.
- Jeremiah 17:3My mountain in the land and your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder, together with your high places, because of sin throughout your country.
- Jeremiah 20:5I will deliver all the wealth of this city into the hands of their enemies—all its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away as plunder and carry it off to Babylon.
- Psalms 44:12You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
- Isaiah 52:3For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 15:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Thy substance - will I give to the spoil without price - Invaluable property shall be given up to thy adversaries. Or, without price - thou shalt have nothing for it in return.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Jeremiah is personally addressed in the verse, because he stood before God as the intercessor, representing the people. (1) God would give Judah‘s treasures away for nothing; implying that He did not value them. (2) the cause of this contempt is Judah‘s sins. (3) this is justified by Judah having committed them throughout her whole land.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-14Verses 10-14 Jeremiah met with much contempt and reproach, when they ought to have blessed him, and God for him. It is a great and sufficient support to the people of God, that however troublesome their way may be, it shall be well with them in their latter end. God turns to the people. Shall the most hardy and vigorous of their efforts be able to contend with the counsel of God, or with the army of the Chaldeans? Let them hear their doom. The enemy will…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14It is unclear if the Lord was speaking about Jeremiah's future or Judah's future. If about Jeremiah, this prediction came true after Jerusalem fell in 586 BC, when Jeremiah and Baruch were taken to Egypt against their will (see Jeremiah 41–44). If it refers to Judah's future, the prediction came true with the fall of Jerusalem and the Exile.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Thy substance ... sins--Judea's, not Jeremiah's. without price--God casts His people away as a thing worth naught (Psa 44:12). So, on the contrary, Jehovah, when about to restore His people, says, He will give Egypt, &c., for their "ransom" (Is 43:3). even in all thy borders--joined with "Thy substance ... treasures, as also with "all thy sins," their sin and punishment being commensurate (Jr 17:3).Read the comment
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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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