Jeremiah 15

1 THEN THE Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood [interceding for them] before Me, yet My mind could not be turned with favor toward this people [Judah]. Send them out of My sight and let them go!

2 And if they say to you, Where shall we go? then tell them, Thus says the Lord: Such as are [destined] for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for famine, to famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

3 And I will appoint over them four kinds [of destroyers], says the Lord: the sword to slay, the dogs to tear and drag away, and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and to destroy.

4 And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth and to be made a horror to all nations because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for [the horrible wickedness] which he did in Jerusalem. [II Kings 21:3-7.]

5 For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

6 You have rejected and forsaken Me, says the Lord. You keep going in reverse. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am weary of relenting [concerning your punishment].

7 I will winnow them with a fan and a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I will bereave them [of children], I will destroy My people; from their [evil] ways they did not return.

8 I will increase the number of their widows more than the sand of the seas. I will bring upon them, [both] against the mother of young men and the young men [themselves], a destroyer at noonday. I will cause anguish and terrors to fall upon her [Jerusalem] suddenly.

9 She who has borne seven languishes; she has expired. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day; she has been put to shame, confounded, and disgraced. And the rest of them I will deliver to the sword before their enemies, says the Lord.

10 Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me to be a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither loaned, nor have men loaned to me, yet everyone curses me. [Jer. 1:18, 19.]

11 The Lord said, Truly your release, affliction, and strengthening will be for good [purposes]; surely [Jeremiah] I will intercede for you with the enemy and I will cause the enemy to ask for your aid in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. [Jer. 21:1, 2; 37:3; 42:2; Rom. 8:28.]

12 Can iron break the iron from the north and the bronze?

13 Your [nation's] substance and your treasures will I give as spoil, without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your territory.

14 And I will make [your possessions] to pass with your enemies into a land which you do not know and I will make you to serve [your conquerors] there, for a fire is kindled in My anger which will burn upon you [Israel].

15 [Jeremiah said] O Lord, You know and understand; [earnestly] remember me and visit me and avenge me on my persecutors. Take me not away [from joy or from life itself] in Your long-suffering [to my enemies]; know that for Your sake I suffer and bear reproach.

16 Your words were found, and I ate them; and Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.

17 I sat not in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me, for You had filled me with indignation.

18 Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail and are uncertain?

19 Therefore thus says the Lord [to Jeremiah]: If you return [and give up this mistaken tone of distrust and despair], then I will give you again a settled place of quiet and safety, and you will be My minister; and if you separate the precious from the vile [cleansing your own heart from unworthy and unwarranted suspicions concerning God's faithfulness], you shall be My mouthpiece. [But do not yield to them.] Let them return to you–not you to [the people].

20 And I will make you to this people a fortified, bronze wall; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, says the Lord.

21 And I will deliver you out of the hands of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the palms of the terrible and ruthless tyrants.

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Jeremiah 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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