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
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The Lord Will Not Relent
1Then the Lord said to me: Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, # 1Sa 7:9; Ps 99:6 yet My heart would not be with this people. Cast them out of My sight and let them go! 2It shall come to pass if they say to you, “Where should we go?” then you shall tell them: Thus says the Lord:
Those destined for death, to death;
and those destined for the sword, to the sword;
and those destined for the famine, to the famine;
and those destined for the captivity, to the captivity. # Jer 14:12; 43:11
3I will appoint over them four kinds of disaster, # Lev 26:16, 22 says the Lord: the sword to slay, the dogs to tear, the birds of the heaven, the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, # Jer 24:9; 29:18 because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5For who shall have pity on you, O Jerusalem?
Or who shall bemoan you?
Or who shall go aside to ask how you are doing? # Isa 51:19; Na 3:7
6You who have forsaken Me, says the Lord,
you keep going backward. # Jer 7:24
Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you. # Zep 1:4
I am weary of relenting!
7I will winnow them with a winnowing fork
in the gates of the land;
I will bereave them of children. I will destroy My people, # Jer 18:21
since they did not repent from their ways. # Isa 9:13
8Their widows will increase before Me
more than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,
a destroyer at noonday;
I will suddenly bring down on her
sorrow and terrors.
9She who has borne seven sons languishes; # 1Sa 2:5
she has given up the spirit;
her sun has gone down while it was yet day;
she has been ashamed and humiliated.
And the rest of them I will deliver to the sword
before their enemies,
says the Lord.
Jeremiah’s Sorrow
10Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me
as a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth!
I have not lent with usury, nor have men lent to me on usury, # Ex 22:25; Ps 15:5
yet every one of them curses me!
11The Lord said:
Truly I will set you free for good purposes.
Truly I will cause the enemy to entreat you
in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12Can anyone break the northern iron
or the bronze?
13Your wealth and your treasures # Ps 44:12
I will give to the destroyer without price,
and that for all your sins,
even within all your borders. # Jer 17:3
14I will make you to pass with your enemies
into a land which you do not know; # Jer 16:13
for a fire is kindled in My anger,
which shall burn upon you. # Dt 32:22
15O Lord, You who know, remember me, # Jer 12:3
and take notice of me,
and take vengeance on my persecutors.
Because of your longsuffering, do not take me away.
Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke. # Ps 69:7–9
16Your words were found and I ate them. # Job 23:12
And Your word became to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart,
for I am called by Your name, # Jer 14:9
O Lord God of Hosts.
17I did not sit in the assembly of mockers, # Ps 1:1
nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because of Your hand, # La 3:28
for You have filled me with indignation.
18Why is my pain perpetual
and my wound incurable, # Job 34:6; Jer 30:15 which refuses to be healed?
Shall You be altogether to me as a deceptive stream
and as waters that fail?
The Lord Reassures Jeremiah
19Therefore thus says the Lord:
If you return, then I will bring you back,
and you shall stand before Me; # Jer 15:1; Zec 3:7
and if you take out the precious from the worthless,
you will be My spokesman.
Let them return to you,
but do not return to them.
20I will make you to this people
a fortified bronze wall;
and they shall fight against you,
but they shall not prevail against you;
for I am with you
to save you and to deliver you, # Ps 46:7; Jer 1:18–19
says the Lord.
21I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
and I will redeem you out of the hand of the violent. # Ge 48:16; Ps 37:40
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