Jeremiah · Catholic Public Domain Version
Jeremiah 15 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 And the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my soul would not be toward this people. Cast them away from my face, and let them depart!
1 Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!
2 And if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Those who go to death, shall go to death. And those who go to the sword, shall go to the sword, and those go to famine, shall go to famine, and those who go to captivity, shall go to captivity.
2 It will happen when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says: “Such as are for death, to death; such as are for the sword, to the sword; such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”’
3 And I will visit against them in four ways, says the Lord: by the sword, to kill; and by dogs, to tear apart; and by the birds of the air and by the beasts of the earth, to devour and to scatter.
3 “I will appoint over them four kinds,” says Yahweh: “the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
4 And I will give them over to the fervor of all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, because of all that he did in Jerusalem.
4 I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5 For who will take pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will feel sorrow for you? Or who will go to prayer for the sake of your peace?
5 For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn you? Who will come to ask of your welfare?
6 You have abandoned me, says the Lord. You have gone backwards. And so, I will extend my hand over you, and I will destroy you. I have labored to plead with you.
6 You have rejected me,” says Yahweh. “You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary of showing compassion.
7 And I will scatter them with a winnowing fan at the gates of the land. I have killed and dispersed my people, and yet they have not turned back from their ways.
7 I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They didn’t return from their ways.
8 Their widows have been multiplied by me, more so than the sand of the sea. I have led them against the mother of a youth like an attacker at midday. I have sent a terror suddenly against the cities.
8 Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
9 She who gave birth to seven has become weak. Her life has faded away. Her sun has set while it was still daytime. She has been confounded and shamed. And the remainder of them I will give over to the sword in the sight of their enemies, says the Lord.”
9 She who has borne seven languishes. She has given up the spirit. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. She has been disappointed and confounded. I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says Yahweh.
10 “O my mother, woe to me! Why did you conceive me, a man of strife, a man of discord to all the earth? I have not lent money at interest, nor has anyone lent money at interest to me. Yet everyone is cursing me.”
10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.
11 The Lord says: “Certainly, it will be well with your remnant. Certainly, I will run to meet you, in the time of affliction and in the time of tribulation, against the enemy.
11 Yahweh said, “Most certainly I will strengthen you for good. Most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 But how can iron be joined with the iron from the north or with brass?
12 Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
13 Your riches and your treasures I will give over to be freely despoiled, because of all your sins, even throughout all your borders.
13 I will give your substance and your treasures for a plunder without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
14 And I will lead in your enemies from a land that you do not know. For a fire has been kindled in my fury; it will burn upon you.”
14 I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn on you.”
15 “You know me, O Lord. Remember me, and visit me, and watch over me, because of those who persecute me. In your patience, do not choose to let me endure. You know I have suffered reproach because of you.
15 Yahweh, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so don’t take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
16 I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts.
16 Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
17 I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.
17 I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.
18 Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters.”
18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
19 Because of this, thus says the Lord: “If you will be converted, I will convert you. And you will stand before my face. And you will separate what is precious from what is vile. You will be my mouthpiece. They will be converted to you, but you will not be converted to them.
19 Therefore Yahweh says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.
20 And I will present you to this people as a strong wall of brass. And they will fight against you, and they will not prevail. For I am with you, so as to save you and to rescue you, says the Lord.
20 I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says Yahweh.
21 And I will free you from hand of those who are most wicked, and I will redeem you from the hand of the powerful.”
21 “I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.”
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20–21; Jeremiah 14:11; Jeremiah 11:14; Psalm 106:23
- 2 Jeremiah 43:11; Zechariah 11:9; Revelation 6:3–8; Ezekiel 5:2; Revelation 13:10
- 3 Deuteronomy 28:26; Leviticus 26:16; Leviticus 26:22; Ezekiel 14:21; Leviticus 26:25
- 4 Jeremiah 24:9; 2 Kings 24:3–4; 2 Kings 21:11–13; 2 Kings 21:16–17; 2 Kings 23:26–27
- 5 Isaiah 51:19; Nahum 3:7; Jeremiah 21:7; Psalm 69:20; Jeremiah 16:5
- 6 Jeremiah 7:24; Zephaniah 1:4; Hosea 11:7; Isaiah 1:4; Zechariah 7:11
- 7 Matthew 3:12; Jeremiah 51:2; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 41:16
- 8 Isaiah 3:25–4:1; Luke 21:35; Jeremiah 4:16; Jeremiah 6:4–5; Jeremiah 5:6
- 9 1 Samuel 2:5; Isaiah 47:9; Lamentations 1:1; Amos 8:9–10; Jeremiah 21:7
- 10 Luke 6:22; Job 3:1–26; Psalm 120:5–6; Acts 17:6–8; Luke 2:34
- 11 Proverbs 16:7; Jeremiah 29:11–14; Psalm 106:46; Psalm 37:3–11; Ecclesiastes 8:12
- 12 Habakkuk 1:5–10; Job 40:9; Jeremiah 21:4–5; Isaiah 45:9; Jeremiah 1:18–19
- 13 Jeremiah 17:3; Psalm 44:12; Isaiah 52:3; Jeremiah 20:5; Jeremiah 15:8
- 14 Deuteronomy 32:22; Jeremiah 16:13; Jeremiah 17:4; Deuteronomy 28:36; Psalm 21:9
- 15 Jeremiah 12:3; Psalm 69:7–9; Luke 21:17; Jeremiah 17:16; Jeremiah 20:12
- 16 Revelation 10:9–10; Ezekiel 3:1–3; Psalm 119:101–103; Job 23:12; Psalm 19:10
- 17 Lamentations 3:28; Psalm 1:1; Psalm 26:4–5; Ezekiel 3:24–25; 2 Corinthians 6:17
- 18 Jeremiah 30:15; Job 34:6; Micah 1:9; Jeremiah 14:19; Jeremiah 20:7
- 19 Zechariah 3:7; Luke 21:15; Leviticus 10:10; Ezekiel 44:23; Ezekiel 22:26
- 20 Jeremiah 1:18–19; Ezekiel 3:9; Psalm 46:7; Isaiah 8:9–10; Acts 18:9–10
- 21 2 Corinthians 1:10; Isaiah 49:24–25; Jeremiah 50:34; Isaiah 54:17; Genesis 48:16
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… Jerusalem: "She that hath born [seven] languisheth; her soul hath become weary; her sun hath gone down while it was yet noon; she hath been confounded, and suffered reproach: the remainder of them will I give to the sword in the sight of their enemies."
For ye, who "take forth the precious from the vile," have been made the mouth of God, through which He saith, "Let the waters bring forth," not the living creature which the earth bringeth forth, but the moving creature having life, and the fowls that fly above the earth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Hear, for example, what God saith unto this last, "Pray not thou for this people, for I will not hear thee." And why marvellest thou if I hear not thee? "Though Moses himself and Samuel stood before me," I would not receive their supplication for these men." Yea, if it be Ezekiel who entreats, he will be told, "Though Noah …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And these things God Himself saith; "For he that bringeth out the precious from the vile, shall be as my mouth;" such are His words.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)