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

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

6You 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.

7I 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.

8I 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.

9The 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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Verse 5

Cross-references

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

Original words

-כִּ֠יH3588ConjunctionWhoמִֽי־H4310Interrogativewill have pityיַחְמֹ֤לH2550Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularon youעָלַ֙יִךְ֙H5921Preposition | second person feminine singularO Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389Noun - proper - feminine singularWhoוּמִ֖יH4310Conjunctive waw | Interrogativewill mournיָנ֣וּדH5110Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularfor youלָ֑ךְPreposition | second person feminine singularWhoוּמִ֣יH4310Conjunctive waw | Interrogativewill turn asideיָס֔וּרH5493Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto askלִשְׁאֹ֥לH7592Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructabout your welfareלְשָׁלֹ֖םH7965Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 6

Cross-references

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

Original words

Youאַ֣תְּH859Pronoun - second person feminine singularhave forsakenנָטַ֥שְׁתְּH5203Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singularMeאֹתִ֛יH853Direct object marker | first person common singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularYou have turned your backאָח֣וֹרH268Noun - masculine singular. . .תֵּלֵ֑כִיH1980Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singularSo I will stretch outוָאַ֨טH5186Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerMy handיָדִ֤יH3027Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularagainst youעָלַ֙יִךְ֙H5921Preposition | second person feminine singularand I will destroy youוָֽאַשְׁחִיתֵ֔ךְH7843Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singularI am wearyנִלְאֵ֖יתִיH3811Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singularof showing compassionהִנָּחֵֽם׃H5162Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct

Verse 7

Cross-references

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

Original words

I will scatter themוָאֶזְרֵ֥םH2219Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluralwith a winnowing forkבְּמִזְרֶ֖הH4214Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularat the gatesבְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣יH8179Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructof the landהָאָ֑רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularI will bereaveשִׁכַּ֤לְתִּיH7921Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singularand destroyאִבַּ֙דְתִּי֙H6Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerMy peopleעַמִּ֔יH5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularwho have notלוֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleturnedשָֽׁבוּ׃H7725Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralfrom their waysמִדַּרְכֵיהֶ֖םH1870Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 8

Cross-references

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

Original words

I will make their widowsאַלְמְנֹתָו֙H490Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularmore numerousעָֽצְמוּ־H6105Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralthan the sandמֵח֣וֹלH2344Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructof the seaיַמִּ֔יםH3220Noun - masculine pluralI will bringהֵבֵ֨אתִיH935Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular. . .לָהֶ֥םPreposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plurala destroyerשֹׁדֵ֣דH7703Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularat noonבַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםH6672Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralagainstעַל־H5921Prepositionthe mothersאֵ֛םH517Noun - feminine singularof young menבָּח֖וּרH970Noun - masculine singularI will suddenlyפִּתְאֹ֔םH6597Adverbbringהִפַּ֤לְתִּיH5307Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singularupon themעָלֶ֙יהָ֙H5921Preposition | third person feminine singularanguishעִ֖ירH5892Noun - masculine singularand dismayוּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃H928Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural

Verse 9

Cross-references

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

Original words

The motherיֹלֶ֣דֶתH3205Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular constructof sevenהַשִּׁבְעָ֗הH7651Article | Number - masculine singularwill grow faintאֻמְלְלָ֞הH535Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singularshe will breatheנָפְחָ֥הH5301Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularher last breathנַפְשָׁ֛הּH5315Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularHer sunשִׁמְשָׁ֛הּH8121Noun - common singular construct | third person feminine singularwill setבָּאָהH935Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularwhile it is stillבְּעֹ֥דH5750Preposition-b | Adverbdayיוֹמָ֖םH3119Adverbshe will be disgracedבּ֣וֹשָׁהH954Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularand humiliatedוְחָפֵ֑רָהH2659Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularAnd the restוּשְׁאֵֽרִיתָ֗םH7611Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralI will putאֶתֵּ֛ןH5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularto the swordלַחֶ֧רֶבH2719Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularin the presenceלִפְנֵ֥יH6440Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructof their enemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶ֖םH341Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluraldeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃סH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular

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