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 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.

Context of Jeremiah 15:9

7And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways. 8Their widows are multiplied to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath breathed her last; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the remnant of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. 10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on interest, nor have men lent to me on interest; yet every one of them doth curse me. 11The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil 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

• borneיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• languishethאָמַל'âmal · be weakH535
• breathedנָפַחnâphach · to breatheH5301
• lastנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• goneבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• confoundedחָפֵרchâphêr · be ashamedH2659
• remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• deliverנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 15:9

• 1 Samuel 2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath borne seven; and she that hath many children is become feeble.
• Isaiah 47:9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thy enchantments.
• Lamentations 1:1How doth the city sit desolate, that wasfull of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become a forced labourer!
• Lamentations 4:10The hands of the tenderhearted women have boiled their own children: they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Amos 8:9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
• Jeremiah 15:2And it shall come to pass, if they say to thee, Where shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith 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 evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there shall be an end of them.
• Ezekiel 5:12A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword around thee; and I will scatter a third part into 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