Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 15:6
6You have cast Me off” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “You keep going backward! So I stretch out My hand against you and will destroy you. I am weary with relenting.
Jeremiah 15:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
- New International Version (NIV)You have rejected me,” declares the Lord. “You keep on backsliding. So I will reach out and destroy you; I am tired of holding back.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have rejected me, declares the Lord; you keep going backward, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you— I am weary of relenting.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have forsaken Me,” says the Lord, “You have gone backward. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am weary of relenting!
Context of Jeremiah 15:6
4“So I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem. 5“Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Or who will grieve for you? Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare? You have cast Me off” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “You keep going backward! So I stretch out My hand against you and will destroy you. I am weary with relenting. 7I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave them of children and destroy My people, since they do not repent of their ways. 8Their widows will increase before Me more than the sand of the seas, I will bring a destroyer at noonday against the mother of a young man. Suddenly I will bring down on her anguish and terrors.
Read all of Jeremiah 15Jeremiah 15:6 word by word
אַ֣תְּ נָטַ֥שְׁתְּ אֹתִ֛י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה אָח֣וֹר תֵּלֵ֑כִי וָאַ֨ט אֶת־יָדִ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ וָֽאַשְׁחִיתֵ֔ךְ נִלְאֵ֖יתִי הִנָּחֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou hast forsakenנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
- me, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- thou art goneיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- backwardאָחוֹר'âchôr 'âchôr · backH268
- therefore will I stretch outנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- my handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- against thee, and destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
- thee; I am wearyלָאָהlâ'âh · be wearyH3811
- with repentingנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: relentH5162
Cross-references for Jeremiah 15:6
- Jeremiah 1:16I will pronounce My judgments on them for all their wickedness— they have forsaken Me, offering incense to other gods, worshipping the works of their hands.
- Jeremiah 2:13“My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me —the spring of living water— and they dug their own cisterns— cracked cisterns that hold no water.
- Jeremiah 7:24But they did not listen or pay attention. Instead they followed their own counsel, in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They have gone backward and not forward,
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then has this people—Jerusalem— turned away in perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Isaiah 1:4Oy , a sinful nation, a people weighed down with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons dealing corruptly! They have abandoned Adonai. They have despised Israel’s Holy One. They have turned backwards.
- Isaiah 28:13So the word of Adonai is to them ‘precept on precept, precept on precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.’ So they walk, and fall backward, and are broken, trapped, and captured.
- Hosea 4:16For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn cow. Now Adonai will pasture them like a lamb in the open field.
- Hosea 11:7So My people are bent on turning from Me. Although they are being called upwards, none will rise up.
- Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention. They stubbornly turned their backs and stopped their ears from hearing.
- Ezekiel 14:9“When the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, Adonai, have deceived that prophet. I will stretch out My hand against him. I will destroy him from among My people Israel.
- Ezekiel 25:7therefore behold, I will stretch out My hand over you. I will deliver you as plunder for the nations. I will cut you off from the people. I will cause you to perish from among the countries. I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am Adonai.”
- Zephaniah 1:4“I will stretch out my hand upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place —the names of the idolatrous priests along with the kohanim,
- Jeremiah 6:11So I am full of the wrath of Adonai. I am weary of holding it in! Pour it out on a child in the street, on young men gathered together. For husband will be taken with wife, the aged with the very old.
- Jeremiah 20:9But if I say: “I won’t mention Him, or speak any more in His Name,” then it is like fire burning in my heart— shut up in my bones— I weary myself holding it in, but I cannot.
- Psalms 78:38But He is compassionate, forgives iniquity and does not destroy. Yes, many times He restrains His anger, and does not stir up all His wrath.
- Ezekiel 12:26The word of Adonai came to me saying:
Commentaries on Jeremiah 15:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I am weary with repenting - With repeatedly changing my purpose. I have often, after purposing to punish, showed them mercy. I will do it no longer; it is useless. I took them often at their promise, and in every instance they have failed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6This verse gives the reason of the refusal of Yahweh to hear the prophet‘s intercession. The punishment due has been delayed unto wearisomeness, and this seeming failure of justice has made Judah withdraw further from God.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The people heard the accusation that they had abandoned God and turned away from him before (Jeremiah 2:13), but they did not take it seriously. Although the Lord often gave them another chance to repent, their sin provoked him to enforce the curses of the Sinai covenant (Deuteronomy 27:15–26).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. weary with repenting--(Ho 13:14; 11:8). I have so often repented of the evil that I threatened (Jr 26:19; Ex 32:14; 1Ch 21:15), and have spared them, without My forbearance moving them to repentance, that I will not again change My purpose (God speaking in condescension to human modes of thought), but will take vengeance on them now.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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