You who have (A)forsaken Me,” declares the Lord,
“You keep (B)going backward.
So I will (C)stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
I am (D)tired of relenting!
I will (E)winnow them with a winnowing fork
At the gates of the land;
I will (F)bereave them of children, I will destroy My people;
(G)They did not [a]repent of their ways.
Their (H)widows will be more numerous before Me
Than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,
A (I)destroyer at noon;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Shock and horror.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:7 Lit turn back from

You have rejected(A) me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep on backsliding.
So I will reach out(B) and destroy you;
    I am tired of holding back.(C)
I will winnow(D) them with a winnowing fork
    at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement(E) and destruction on my people,(F)
    for they have not changed their ways.(G)
I will make their widows(H) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer(I)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.(J)

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