Focused Passage

Jeremiah 15:5-9

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

5 Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

6 You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

7 I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.

8 I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

9 The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.

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References and Original Words

Verse 5

Cross-references

Isaiah 51:19 Classic cross-references Nahum 3:7 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 21:7 Classic cross-references Psalms 69:20 Classic cross-references

Original words

- כִּ֠י H3588 Conjunction Who מִֽי־ H4310 Interrogative will have pity יַחְמֹ֤ל H2550 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular on you עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ H5921 Preposition | second person feminine singular O Jerusalem יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular Who וּמִ֖י H4310 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative will mourn יָנ֣וּד H5110 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular for you לָ֑ךְ Preposition | second person feminine singular Who וּמִ֣י H4310 Conjunctive waw | Interrogative will turn aside יָס֔וּר H5493 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to ask לִשְׁאֹ֥ל H7592 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct about your welfare לְשָׁלֹ֖ם H7965 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 6

Cross-references

Jeremiah 7:24 Classic cross-references Zephaniah 1:6 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 2:13 Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 28:6 Classic cross-references Amos 7:8 Classic cross-references

Original words

You אַ֣תְּ H859 Pronoun - second person feminine singular have forsaken נָטַ֥שְׁתְּ H5203 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Me אֹתִ֛י H853 Direct object marker | first person common singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular You have turned your back אָח֣וֹר H268 Noun - masculine singular . . . תֵּלֵ֑כִי H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular So I will stretch out וָאַ֨ט H5186 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker My hand יָדִ֤י H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular against you עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ H5921 Preposition | second person feminine singular and I will destroy you וָֽאַשְׁחִיתֵ֔ךְ H7843 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular I am weary נִלְאֵ֖יתִי H3811 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular of showing compassion הִנָּחֵֽם׃ H5162 Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct

Verse 7

Cross-references

Luke 3:17 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:2 Classic cross-references Matthew 3:12 Classic cross-references Isaiah 41:16 Classic cross-references Isaiah 9:13 Classic cross-references

Original words

I will scatter them וָאֶזְרֵ֥ם H2219 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural with a winnowing fork בְּמִזְרֶ֖ה H4214 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular at the gates בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י H8179 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct of the land הָאָ֑רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular I will bereave שִׁכַּ֤לְתִּי H7921 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular and destroy אִבַּ֙דְתִּי֙ H6 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker My people עַמִּ֔י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular who have not לוֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle turned שָֽׁבוּ׃ H7725 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural from their ways מִדַּרְכֵיהֶ֖ם H1870 Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 8

Cross-references

Hosea 4:5 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 6:4 Classic cross-references Exodus 22:24 Classic cross-references Isaiah 3:25 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 15:13 Classic cross-references

Original words

I will make their widows אַלְמְנֹתָו֙ H490 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular more numerous עָֽצְמוּ־ H6105 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural than the sand מֵח֣וֹל H2344 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of the sea יַמִּ֔ים H3220 Noun - masculine plural I will bring הֵבֵ֨אתִי H935 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular . . . לָהֶ֥ם Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural a destroyer שֹׁדֵ֣ד H7703 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular at noon בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם H6672 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural against עַל־ H5921 Preposition the mothers אֵ֛ם H517 Noun - feminine singular of young men בָּח֖וּר H970 Noun - masculine singular I will suddenly פִּתְאֹ֔ם H6597 Adverb bring הִפַּ֤לְתִּי H5307 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular upon them עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ H5921 Preposition | third person feminine singular anguish עִ֖יר H5892 Noun - masculine singular and dismay וּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃ H928 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural

Verse 9

Cross-references

1 Samuel 2:5 Classic cross-references Amos 8:9 Classic cross-references Isaiah 47:9 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 19:7 Classic cross-references Lamentations 1:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

The mother יֹלֶ֣דֶת H3205 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct of seven הַשִּׁבְעָ֗ה H7651 Article | Number - masculine singular will grow faint אֻמְלְלָ֞ה H535 Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular she will breathe נָפְחָ֥ה H5301 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular her last breath נַפְשָׁ֛הּ H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Her sun שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּ H8121 Noun - common singular construct | third person feminine singular will set בָּאָה H935 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular while it is still בְּעֹ֥ד H5750 Preposition-b | Adverb day יוֹמָ֖ם H3119 Adverb she will be disgraced בּ֣וֹשָׁה H954 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular and humiliated וְחָפֵ֑רָה H2659 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular And the rest וּשְׁאֵֽרִיתָ֗ם H7611 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural I will put אֶתֵּ֛ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular to the sword לַחֶ֧רֶב H2719 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular in the presence לִפְנֵ֥י H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct of their enemies אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם H341 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ס H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

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