Jeremiah 15:5-9
Legacy Standard Bible
5 “Indeed, who will (A)spare you, O Jerusalem,
Or who will (B)console you,
Or who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?
6 You who have (C)abandoned Me,” declares Yahweh,
“You keep (D)going backward.
So I will (E)stretch out My hand against you and bring you to ruin;
I am (F)tired of [a]relenting!
7 And I will (G)winnow them with a winnowing fork
At the gates of the land;
I will (H)bereave them of children; I will make My people perish;
(I)They did not [b]repent of their ways.
8 Their (J)widows will be more numerous before Me
Than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a choice man,
A (K)destroyer at noonday;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Anguish and terror.
9 She who (L)bore seven sons languishes;
[c]Her breathing is labored.
Her (M)sun has set while it was yet day;
She has been (N)shamed and humiliated.
So I will (O)give over their survivors to the sword
Before their enemies,” declares Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 15:6 Or regretting
- Jeremiah 15:7 Lit turn back from
- Jeremiah 15:9 Or She has breathed out her soul
Jeremiah 15:5-9
Christian Standard Bible
5 Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem?(A)
Who will show sympathy toward you?(B)
Who will turn aside
to ask about your well-being?
6 You have left me.”(C)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
“You have turned your back,
so I have stretched out my hand against you
and destroyed you.
I am tired(D) of showing compassion.
7 I scattered them with a winnowing fork
at the city gates of the land.
I made them childless; I destroyed my people.
They would not turn from their ways.(E)
8 I made their widows more numerous
than the sand of the seas.(F)
I brought a destroyer at noon
against the mother of young men.
I suddenly released on her
agitation and terrors.
9 The mother of seven grew faint;(G)
she breathed her last breath.
Her sun set while it was still day;
she was ashamed and humiliated.
The rest of them I will give over to the sword
in the presence of their enemies.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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