Jeremiah 15
15
Four Types of Calamity
1Then Yahweh said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me,#Literally “to the face of me” my heart would not be to this people. Send them away from my sight,#Literally “face” and let them go out. 2And then#Literally “And it will happen” if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh,
“Those who are destined for the plague, to the plague,
and those who are destined for the sword, to the sword,
and those who are destined for the famine, to the famine,
and those who are destined for the captivity, to the captivity.” ’
3“And I will summon#Or “appoint” over them four types of calamity,” declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh, “the sword to kill, and the dogs to drag away, and the birds#Hebrew “bird” of the air and the wild animals#Hebrew “wild animal” of the earth to devour and to destroy. 4And I will make them a terror to all of the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, because of what he did in Jerusalem.
5“For who will have compassion on you, O Jerusalem,
or who will show sympathy to you,
or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?#Literally “to ask to the welfare of you”
6You have forsaken me,” declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh.
“You go backward, so I have stretched my hand against you,
and I have destroyed you.
I am tired of becoming remorseful.
7And I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land.
I am bereaved.
I have destroyed my people.
They did not turn back from their ways.
8Their widows#Hebrew “widow” will be more numerous before me than the sand of the seas.
I have brought to them, against the mothers#Hebrew “mother” of young men,#Hebrew “man”
a destroyer at noon.
I will suddenly drop on her anguish and horror.#Hebrew “horrors”
9She who gave birth to seven has withered away.
She gasps her breath.
Her sun set#Literally “came” while still day.
She has been put to shame and disgraced.
And the remainder of them I will give to the sword
before#Literally “to the face of” their enemies,” declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh.
Jeremiah’s Lament and Yahweh’s Response
10Woe to me, O my mother, that you gave birth to me,
a man of contention and quarreling to the whole land.#Literally “to all of the land”
I have not lent out and I have not borrowed.#Literally “not they have lent out for me”
All of them are cursing me.
11Yahweh said,
“Surely#Literally “If not” I will set you free to be good#Literally “for good” for you,
surely#Literally “if not” I will cause the enemy to intercede with you
in a time of trouble,
and in a time of distress.
12Can anyone break iron,
iron from the north, or bronze?
13I will give your wealth and your treasures
as plunder without price,
even because of all your sins,
and throughout all your territories.
14And I will make you serve your enemies
in a land that you do not know,
for a fire will kindle in my anger.
Upon you it will be kindled.”
15You who know, O Yahweh, remember me, and attend to me,
and take revenge for me against my persecutors in your forbearance.#Literally “in the length of your nose”
You must take me away.
Know that I am carrying disgrace because of you.
16Your words were found and I ate them,
and your words became to me as jubilation,
even as the joy of my heart,
for your name is called on me, O Yahweh God of hosts.
17I sat not in the assembly of jokers,
nor did I exult.
Because of the presence#Literally “face” of your hand I sat alone,
for you filled me with indignation.
18Why is my pain endless, and my wound incurable?
It refuses to become healed.
Truly you are to me like a deceitful brook,
waters that are not trustworthy.
19Therefore thus says Yahweh,
“If you turn back, then I will take you back.
You will stand before me.#Literally “to the face of me”
And if you utter what is precious and not what is worthless,
you will be as my mouth.
They will turn back to you,
and you will not turn back to them.
20And I will make you to this people
a wall of fortified bronze,
and they will fight against you,
but they will not prevail over you,
for I am with you, to save you,
and to deliver you,” declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh.
21“And I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked,
and I will redeem you from the hand of the tyrant.”
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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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