1 And Jehovah said unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, my soul [would] not [turn] toward this people. Send [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity. 3 For I will visit them with four kinds [of punishments], saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and dogs to tear, and the fowl of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy. 4 And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither amongst 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 shall have pity upon thee, Jerusalem? and who shall bemoan thee? and who shall turn aside to ask after thy welfare? 6 Thou hast cast me off, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward; and I have stretched out my hand against thee, and will destroy thee: I am become weary of repenting. 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave of children [and] destroy my people: they have not returned from their ways. 8 Their widows are increased to me more than the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noonday; I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly. 9 She that hath borne seven languisheth, she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it is yet day; she is put to shame and confounded. And the residue of them will I give up to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah. 10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land! I have not lent on usury, nor have they lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me. 11 Jehovah said, Verily I will set thee free for [thy] good; verily I will cause the enemy to meet thee kindly in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. 12 Will iron break? iron from the north? and bronze? 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, and in all thy borders; 14 and I will make [them] to pass with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger; it shall burn upon you. 15 Jehovah, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; in thy long-suffering take me not away: know that for thy sake I bear reproach. 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts. 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor exulted: I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation. 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous [spring], [as] waters that fail? 19 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: If thou return, then will I bring thee again, thou shalt stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth. Let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto this people a strong brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah; 21 yea, I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
Jeremiah 15 Darby Translation
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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
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… 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)