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] “Though #[Ps. 106:23]; See Ex. 32:11-13 Moses #[1 Sam. 7:9; 8:6; 12:23; 15:11] and Samuel #ch. 35:19; [ver. 19]stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go! 2And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
# ch. 14:12; 16:4; 21:9; 43:11; Ezek. 5:12; 6:11, 12; Zech. 11:9 “‘Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those who are for the sword, to the sword;
those who are for famine, to famine,
and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’
3 # See Lev. 26:16-22 I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and #Deut. 28:26 the birds of the air #Rev. 6:8and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4#ch. 24:9; 29:18; 34:17; Deut. 28:25 And I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what #[2 Kgs. 21:2, 11, 16, 17; 23:26; 24:3, 4]Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
5 #
Isa. 51:19; [Nah. 3:7] “Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,
#
Isa. 51:19; [Nah. 3:7] or who will grieve for you?
Who will turn aside
to ask about your welfare?
6 #
Deut. 32:15 You have rejected me, declares the Lord;
# See ch. 7:24 you keep going backward,
so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you—
# [Hos. 13:14] I am weary of relenting.
7 # [ch. 51:2; Isa. 41:16; Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17] I have winnowed them with #Isa. 30:24 a winnowing fork
in the gates of the land;
I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people;
# ch. 5:3; Isa. 9:13; Amos 4:6, 8-11 they did not turn from their ways.
8I have made their widows more in number
than #Gen. 22:17; Ps. 139:18the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of young men
a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
fall upon them suddenly.
9 #
1 Sam. 2:5; [Lam. 1:1] She who bore seven has grown feeble;
#
Job 11:20 she has fainted away;
#
Amos 8:9
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.”
Jeremiah’s Complaint
10 # ch. 20:14 Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! #Ex. 22:25; Ps. 15:5; Isa. 24:2I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. 11The Lord said, “Have I not#15:11 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress? 12Can one break iron, iron #See ch. 1:13from the north, and bronze?
13 # ch. 17:3 “Your wealth and your treasures I will give as #Ps. 44:12spoil, without price, for all your sins, throughout all your territory. 14I will make you serve your enemies #ch. 9:16; 16:13; 17:4; 22:28 in a land that you do not know, #Deut. 32:22for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”
15 # ch. 12:3 O Lord, you know;
# [Judg. 16:28] remember me and visit me,
# [Judg. 16:28] # ch. 11:20; 20:12 and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance take me not away;
# ch. 17:16 know that #Ps. 69:7for your sake I bear reproach.
16Your words were found, #Ezek. 3:1, 3; Rev. 10:9, 10 and I ate them,
and #Ps. 119:111, 162 your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
# ch. 14:9 for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.
17 #
Ps. 26:4 I did not sit in the company of revelers,
nor did I rejoice;
#
Ps. 102:7; Lam. 3:28 I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
for you had filled me with indignation.
18Why is my pain unceasing,
# ch. 30:15; Job 34:6 my wound incurable,
refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me #Job 6:15; Isa. 58:11like a deceitful brook,
like waters that fail?
19Therefore thus says the Lord:
# ch. 3:14 “If you return, I will restore you,
and you shall #[ver. 1]stand before me.
If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless,
you shall be as my mouth.
They shall turn to you,
but you shall not turn to them.
20 # [ch. 1:18; 6:27] And I will make you to this people
a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you,
# ch. 1:19; 20:11 but they shall not prevail over you,
# See ch. 1:8 for I am with you
to save you and deliver you,
declares the Lord.
21 # [See ver. 20 above] I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
and redeem you from the grasp of #Isa. 13:11; 25:4, 5; 29:5the ruthless.”
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