Jeremiah · Unlocked Literal Bible
Jeremiah 15 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Then Yahweh said to me, “Even if Moses or Samuel were standing in front of me, I would still not be in favor of this people. Send them out from before me, for them to go away.
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 It will happen that they will say to you, 'Where should we go?' Then you must say to them, 'Yahweh says this: Those who are for death should go to death; those who are for the sword should go to the sword. Those who are for famine should go to famine; and those who are for captivity should 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 For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.
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 I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, 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 have compassion for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you?
5 For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn you? Who will come to ask of your welfare?
6 You have forsaken me—this is Yahweh's declaration—you have gone back from me. So I will strike you with my hand and destroy you. I am tired of having mercy on 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 So I will winnow them with a pitchfork at the gates of the land. I will bereave them. I will destroy my people since they will not turn 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 I will make their widows number more than the sands of the seashore. Against the mothers of young men I will send the destroyer at noonday. I will make shock and horror suddenly fall on them.
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 The mother who has borne seven children will waste away. She will gasp. Her sun will set while it is still day. She will be ashamed and embarrassed, for I will give those who remain to the sword in the presence of their enemies —this is Yahweh's declaration.”
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 Woe to me, my mother! For you have borne me, I who am a man of controversy and argument through all the land. I have not lent, nor has anyone lent to me, but they all curse 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 Yahweh said: “Will I not rescue you for good? I will certainly make your enemies beg for help in the time of calamity and distress.
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 Can one smash iron? Especially iron from the north that is mixed with bronze?
12 Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
13 I will give to your enemies your wealth and treasures as free plunder. I will do this because of all your sins committed within 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 Then I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for a fire will ignite, kindled in my wrath against 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 Yahweh, you know! Remember me and help me. Bring vengeance for me against those who persecute me. You are patient, but do not allow them to take me away; know that I suffer reproach for your sake.
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 Your words have been found, and I consumed them. Your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I bear your name, Yahweh, 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 circle of those who celebrated or rejoiced. I sat in solitude because of your powerful hand, for you filled me with indignation.
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 is my pain ongoing and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be like deceitful waters to me, waters that dry up?
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 Therefore Yahweh said this, “If you repent, Jeremiah, then I will restore you, and you will stand before me and serve me. For if you separate the foolish things from the precious things, you will be like my mouth. The people will come back to you, but you yourself must not go back 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 I will make you like an impenetrable bronze wall to this people, and they will wage war against you. But they will not defeat you, for I am with you to save and rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration—
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 for I will rescue you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the hand of the tyrant.”
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
How these were chosen
“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)