| Jer. 15:1 |
And Jehovah said to me, Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My soul would not [turn] toward this people. Send them out of My sight and let them go. |
| Jer. 15:2 |
And when they say to you, Where shall we go? Then you shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah, Those who are for death to death, / And those who are for the sword to the sword, / And those who are for famine to famine, / And those who are for captivity to captivity. |
| Jer. 15:3 |
And I will visit them with four kinds [of punishment,] declares Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. |
| Jer. 15:4 |
And I will make them a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. |
| Jer. 15:5 |
For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, / And who will lament for you; / And who will turn aside to ask / After your welfare? |
| Jer. 15:6 |
You have forsaken Me, / Declares Jehovah. / You keep going backward, / And I have stretched out My hand against you / And have destroyed you; / I have become weary of repenting. |
| Jer. 15:7 |
And I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork / In the gates of the land; / I have bereaved [them] of children / And destroyed My people; / They have not turned back from their ways. |
| Jer. 15:8 |
Their widows have increased before Me / More than the sand of the seas; / I have brought to them, / Against the mother of the young men, / A spoiler at noon; / I have caused anguish and terror / To fall on her suddenly. |
| Jer. 15:9 |
She who has borne seven languishes; / She has breathed out her life. / Her sun has gone down while it is still day; / She is put to shame and confounded. / And the rest of them I will give up to the sword / Before their enemies, / Declares Jehovah. |
| Jer. 15:10 |
Woe is me, my mother, because you bore me, / A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land. / I have not lent with interest, / Nor have they lent to me; / Yet everyone curses me. |
| Jer. 15:11 |
Jehovah said, Surely I will set you free for [your] good; / Indeed I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you / In a time of trouble and in a time of distress. |
| Jer. 15:12 |
Can one break iron, / Iron from the north, or bronze? |
| Jer. 15:13 |
Your wealth and your treasures / I will give as plunder without price, / And that for all your sins, / And within all your borders. |
| Jer. 15:14 |
I will cause your enemies to bring [it] / Into a land you do not know; / For a fire is kindled in My anger, / Which will burn against you. |
| Jer. 15:15 |
O Jehovah, You know; / Remember me and visit me, / And avenge me of my persecutors. / Do not let Your long-suffering [for them prevail and] have me taken away; / Know that for Your sake I bear reproach. |
| Jer. 15:16 |
Your words were found and I ate them, / And Your word became to me / The gladness and joy of my heart, / For I am called by Your name, / O Jehovah, God of hosts. |
| Jer. 15:17 |
I did not sit in the assembly of mockers, nor did I exult. / Because of Your hand I sat alone, / For You have filled me with indignation. |
| Jer. 15:18 |
Why is my pain unceasing, / And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? / Will You indeed be to me like a deceitful [brook?] / [Like] waters that fail? |
| Jer. 15:19 |
Therefore thus says Jehovah, / If you return, I will restore you; / You will stand before Me; / And if you bring out the precious from the worthless, / You will be as My mouth; / They will turn to you, / But you will not turn to them. |
| Jer. 15:20 |
And I will make you to this people / A fortified wall of bronze; / And they will fight against you, / But they will not prevail against you; / For I am with you / To save you and deliver you, / Declares Jehovah. |
| Jer. 15:21 |
And I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked / And redeem you from the hand of those who terrorize. |