Jeremiah 15:5-9
New Living Translation
5 “Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem?
Who will weep for you?
Who will even bother to ask how you are?
6 You have abandoned me
and turned your back on me,”
says the Lord.
“Therefore, I will raise my fist to destroy you.
I am tired of always giving you another chance.
7 I will winnow you like grain at the gates of your cities
and take away the children you hold dear.
I will destroy my own people,
because they refuse to change their evil ways.
8 There will be more widows
than the grains of sand on the seashore.
At noontime I will bring a destroyer
against the mothers of young men.
I will cause anguish and terror
to come upon them suddenly.
9 The mother of seven grows faint and gasps for breath;
her sun has gone down while it is still day.
She sits childless now,
disgraced and humiliated.
And I will hand over those who are left
to be killed by the enemy.
I, the Lord, have spoken!”
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
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