Focused Passage

Jeremiah 15:10-14

Even Moses and Samuel Could Not Turn This Judgment Away

The chapter moves from the LORD's refusal of intercession, to the assignment of Judah to death, sword, famine, and captivity, to the explanation of judgment because of Manasseh's sin and Judah's refusal to repent, to images of bereavement, sifting, and sudden anguish, then to Jeremiah's lament over his own birth and prophetic isolation, and finally to the LORD's call for Jeremiah to repent, speak worthy words, and stand as a fortified bronze wall.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

10 Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

11 The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

12 Can anyone smash iron—iron from the north—or bronze?

13 Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.

14 Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 10

Cross-references

Jeremiah 1:19 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 20:14 Classic cross-references Matthew 10:34 Classic cross-references Habakkuk 3:16 Classic cross-references Job 3:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

Woe אֽוֹי־ H188 Interjection to me לִ֣י Preposition | first person common singular my mother אִמִּ֔י H517 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular that כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction you have borne me יְלִדְתִּ֗נִי H3205 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | first person common singular a man אִ֥ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular construct of strife רִ֛יב H7379 Noun - masculine singular . . . וְאִ֥ישׁ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct and conflict מָד֖וֹן H4066 Noun - masculine singular in all לְכָל־ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct the land הָאָ֑רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular I have neither לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle lent נָשִׁ֥יתִי H5383 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular nor וְלֹא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle borrowed נָֽשׁוּ־ H5383 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural yet everyone כֻּלֹּ֥ה H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular curses me מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ס H7043 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular

Verse 11

Cross-references

Proverbs 16:7 Classic cross-references Isaiah 3:10 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 29:11 Classic cross-references Psalms 106:46 Classic cross-references Psalms 37:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

The LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular said אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Surely אִם־ H518 Conjunction . . . לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle I will deliver you שָׁרוֹתִךָ H8323 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular for a good purpose לְט֑וֹב H2896 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular surely I will אִם־ H518 Conjunction . . . ל֣וֹא׀ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle intercede הִפְגַּ֣עְתִּֽי H6293 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker with your enemy הָאֹיֵֽב׃ H341 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular - בְךָ֗ Preposition | second person masculine singular in your time בְּעֵ֥ת־ H6256 Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct of trouble רָעָ֛ה H7451 Adjective - feminine singular in your time וּבְעֵ֥ת H6256 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct of distress צָרָ֖ה H6869 Noun - feminine singular

Verse 12

Original words

Can anyone smash הֲיָרֹ֨עַ H7489 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular iron בַּרְזֶ֧ל׀ H1270 Noun - masculine singular iron בַּרְזֶ֛ל H1270 Noun - masculine singular from the north מִצָּפ֖וֹן H6828 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular or bronze וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ H5178 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 13

Cross-references

Jeremiah 17:3 Classic cross-references Psalms 44:12 Classic cross-references Isaiah 52:3 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 20:5 Classic cross-references Isaiah 52:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

Your wealth חֵילְךָ֧ H2428 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular and your treasures וְאוֹצְרוֹתֶ֛יךָ H214 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular I will give up אֶתֵּ֖ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular as plunder לָבַ֥ז H957 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular without לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle charge בִמְחִ֑יר H4242 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular for all וּבְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct your sins חַטֹּאותֶ֖יךָ H2403 Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular within all וּבְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct your borders גְּבוּלֶֽיךָ׃ H1366 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 14

Cross-references

Jeremiah 17:4 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 16:13 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 32:22 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:36 Classic cross-references Psalms 21:9 Classic cross-references

Original words

Then I will enslave you וְהַֽעֲבַרְתִּי֙ H5674 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular to אֶת־ H853 Preposition your enemies אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ H341 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular in a land בְּאֶ֖רֶץ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular you do not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle know יָדָ֑עְתָּ H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular for כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction My anger בְאַפִּ֖י H639 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular will kindle קָדְחָ֥ה H6919 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular a fire אֵ֛שׁ H784 Noun - common singular that will burn תּוּקָֽד׃ס H3344 Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular against you עֲלֵיכֶ֥ם H5921 Preposition | second person masculine plural

BSB notes

Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Syriac (see also Jeremiah 17:4); most Hebrew manuscripts Then I will cause your enemies to bring you into a land

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