Jeremiah 15:10-14
Faithful proclamation of God’s word often brings suffering to the messenger while judgment falls upon those who reject the message.
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, “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 break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
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 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.”
Faithful proclamation of God’s word often brings suffering to the messenger while judgment falls upon those who reject the message.
To record Jeremiah’s personal lament over the hostility he experiences as a prophet and to declare that Judah’s sins will lead to the loss of its wealth and exile to a foreign land.
Following the declaration of Judah’s inevitable destruction in 15:1–9, the focus briefly shifts to Jeremiah’s personal struggle as he bears the weight of proclaiming God’s message.
Jeremiah ministered during the final decades before the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem, often facing hostility from leaders and the general population.
Even Moses and Samuel Could Not Turn This Judgment Away
Judah's judgment has become unavertable, yet the LORD preserves his prophet by calling him to repent, speak precious words, refuse accommodation, and stand as a fortified wall amid opposition.