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

1Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn’t help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight! 2And if they say to you, ‘But where can we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “‘Those who are destined for death, to death; those who are destined for war, to war; those who are destined for famine, to famine; those who are destined for captivity, to captivity.’ “I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the Lord. “I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left. 4Because of the wicked things Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem, I will make my people an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 5“Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem? Who will weep for you? Who will even bother 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 7:33The bodies of my people will be food for the vultures and wild animals, and no one will be left to scare them away.
• Leviticus 26:16I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them.
• Deuteronomy 28:26Your corpses will be food for all the scavenging birds and wild animals, and no one will be there to chase them away.
• 1 Kings 21:23“And regarding Jezebel, the Lord says, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel’s body at the plot of land in Jezreel.’
• 2 Kings 9:35But when they went out to bury her, they found only her skull, her feet, and her hands.
• Isaiah 18:6Your mighty army will be left dead in the fields for the mountain vultures and wild animals. The vultures will tear at the corpses all summer. The wild animals will gnaw at the bones all winter.
• Isaiah 56:9Come, wild animals of the field! Come, wild animals of the forest! Come and devour my people!
• Ezekiel 14:21“Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—destroying all her people and animals.
• Revelation 6:8I looked up and saw a horse whose color was pale green. Its rider was named Death, and his companion was the Grave. These two were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword and famine and disease and wild animals.
• Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, shouting to the vultures flying high in the sky: “Come! Gather together for the great banquet 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

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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