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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• 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

7And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children; I will destroy My people, Since they do not return from their ways. 8Their widows will be increased to Me more than the sand of the seas; I will bring against them, Against the mother of the young men, A plunderer at noonday; I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them suddenly. “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. 10Woe is me, my mother, That you have borne me, A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent for interest, Nor have men lent to me for interest. Every one of them curses me. 11The Lord said: “Surely it will be well with your remnant; Surely I will cause the enemy to intercede with you In the time of adversity and in the time of affliction.

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, And the hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has become feeble.
• Isaiah 47:9But these two things shall come to you In a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments.
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!
• Lamentations 4:10The hands of the compassionate women Have cooked their own children; They became food for them In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Amos 8:9“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God, “That I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;
• Jeremiah 15:2And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Such as are for death, to death; And such as are for the sword, to the sword; And such as are for the famine, to the famine; And such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.” ’
• Jeremiah 44:27Behold, I will watch over them for adversity and not for good. And 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 to them.
• Ezekiel 5:12One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a 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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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