Jeremiah 15
15
The People of Judah Will Die
1 #
Ex 32.11-14; Nu 14.13-19;
1 S 7.5-10. The Lord said to me:
Even if Moses and Samuel were here, praying with you, I wouldn't change my mind. So send the people of Judah away. 2#Rev 13.10. And when they ask where they are going, tell them that I, the Lord, have said:
Some of you are going to die
of horrible diseases.
Others are going to die in war
or from starvation.
The rest will be led away
to a foreign country.
3I will punish you
in four different ways:
You will be killed in war
and your bodies dragged off
by dogs,
your flesh will be eaten by birds,
and your bones will be chewed on
by wild animals.
4 #
2 K 21.1-16; 2 Ch 33.1-9. This punishment will happen
because of the horrible things#15.4 the horrible things: See 2 Kings 21.1-16.
your King Manasseh#15.4 Manasseh: Hebrew “Manasseh son of Hezekiah”; he ruled 687–642 b.c. did.
And you will be disgusting
to all nations on earth.
5People of Jerusalem,
who will feel sorry for you?
Will anyone bother
to ask if you are well?
6My people, you abandoned me
and walked away.
I am tired of showing mercy;
that's why I'll destroy you
7by scattering you like straw
blown by the wind.
I will punish you with sorrow
and death,
because you refuse
to change your ways.
8There will be more widows
in Judah
than grains of sand on a beach.
A surprise attack at noon!
And the mothers in Jerusalem
mourn for their children.
9A mother is in deep despair
and struggles for breath.
Her daylight has turned
to darkness—
she has suffered the loss
of her seven sons.
I will kill anyone who survives.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
Jeremiah Complains
10I wish I had never been born!
I'm always in trouble
with everyone in Judah.
I never lend or borrow money,
but everyone curses me
just the same.
11Then the Lord replied,
“I promise to protect you,
and when disaster comes,
even your enemies
will beg you for help.”#15.11 help: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 11.
The Enemy Cannot Be Defeated
The Lord told me to say:
12People of Judah,
just as you can't break iron
mixed with bronze,
you can't defeat the enemies
that will attack
from the north.
13I will give them
everything you own,
because you have sinned
everywhere in your country.
14My anger is a fire
that cannot be put out,#15.14 that cannot be put out: Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts “against you.”
so I will make you slaves
of your enemies
in a foreign land.#15.14 I will make … land: Many Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts “I will make your enemies go through to a land you don't know about.”
Jeremiah Complains Again
15You can see how I suffer
insult after insult,
all because of you, Lord.
Don't be so patient
with my enemies;
take revenge on them
before they kill me.
16When you spoke to me,
I was glad to obey,
because I belong to you,
the Lord All-Powerful.
17I don't go to parties
and have a good time.
Instead, I keep to myself,
because you have filled me
with your anger.
18I am badly injured
and in constant pain.
Are you going to disappoint me,
like a stream that goes dry
in the heat of summer?
The Lord Replies
19Then the Lord told me:
Stop talking like a fool!
If you turn back to me
and speak my message,
I will let you be my prophet
once again.
I hope the people of Judah
will accept what you say.
But you can ignore their threats,
* 20because I am making you strong,
like a bronze wall.
They are evil and violent,
but when they attack,
21I will be there to rescue you.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
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Jeremiah 15
15
The Lord Will Not Relent
1Then the Lord said to me, #Ps. 99:6; Ezek. 14:14“Even if #Ex. 32:11–14; Num. 14:13–20; Ps. 99:6Moses and #1 Sam. 7:9Samuel stood before Me, My mind would not be favorable toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth. 2And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
#Jer. 43:11; Ezek. 5:2, 12; Zech. 11:9; (Rev. 13:10)“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 #Jer. 9:16; 16:13captivity, to the captivity.” ’
3“And I will #Lev. 26:16, 21, 25; Jer. 12:3; Ezek. 14:21appoint over them four forms of destruction,” says the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, #Jer. 7:33the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4I will hand them over to #Deut. 28:25trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of #2 Kin. 24:3, 4Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
5“For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem?
Or who will bemoan you?
Or who will turn aside to ask how you are doing?
6#Jer. 2:13You have forsaken Me,” says the Lord,
“You have #Is. 1:4; Jer. 7:24gone backward.
Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
#Jer. 20:16; Zech. 8:14I am weary of relenting!
7And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land;
I will #Jer. 18:21; Hos. 9:12–16bereave them of children;
I will destroy My people,
Since they #Is. 9:13; Jer. 5:3; Amos 4:10, 11do 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 #Is. 29:5suddenly.
9“She#1 Sam. 2:5; Is. 47:9 languishes who has borne seven;
She has breathed her last;
#Jer. 6:4; Amos 8:9Her 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.
Jeremiah’s Dejection
10#Job 3:1; Jer. 20:14Woe 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 #Jer. 40:4, 5the enemy to intercede with you
In the time of adversity and in the time of affliction.
12Can anyone break iron,
The northern iron and the bronze?
13Your wealth and your treasures
I will give as #Ps. 44:12; Is. 52:3plunder without price,
Because of all your sins,
Throughout your territories.
14And I will make you cross over with your enemies
#Deut. 28:36, 64; Jer. 16:13Into a land which you do not know;
For a #Deut. 32:22; Ps. 21:9; Jer. 17:4fire is kindled in My anger,
Which shall burn upon you.”
15O Lord, #Jer. 12:3You know;
Remember me and visit me,
And #Jer. 20:12take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.
Know that #Ps. 69:7–9; Jer. 20:8for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.
16Your words were found, and I #Ezek. 3:1, 3; Rev. 10:9ate them,
And #(Job 23:12; Ps. 119:72)Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
For I am called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.
17#Ps. 26:4, 5I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers,
Nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because of Your hand,
For You have filled me with indignation.
18Why is my #Job 34:6; Jer. 10:19; 30:15; Mic. 1:9pain perpetual
And my wound incurable,
Which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me #Job 6:15like an unreliable stream,
As waters that fail?
The Lord Reassures Jeremiah
19Therefore thus says the Lord:
#Jer. 4:1; Zech. 3:7“If you return,
Then I will bring you back;
You shall #1 Kin. 17:1; Jer. 15:1stand before Me;
If you #Jer. 6:29; Ezek. 22:26; 44:23take out the precious from the vile,
You shall be as My mouth.
Let them return to you,
But you must not return to them.
20And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze #Jer. 1:18; 6:27; Ezek. 3:9wall;
And they will fight against you,
But #Ps. 46:7; Is. 41:10; Jer. 1:8, 19; 20:11; 37:21; 38:13; 39:11, 12they shall not prevail against you;
For I am with you to save you
And deliver you,” says the Lord.
21“I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked,
And I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible.”
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