Jeremiah 15:5-9
English Standard Version
5 (A)“Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,
(B)or who will grieve for you?
Who will turn aside
to ask about your welfare?
6 (C)You have rejected me, declares the Lord;
(D)you keep going backward,
so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you—
(E)I am weary of relenting.
7 (F)I have winnowed them with (G)a winnowing fork
in the gates of the land;
I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people;
(H)they did not turn from their ways.
8 I have made their widows more in number
than (I)the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of young men
a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
fall upon them suddenly.
9 (J)She who bore seven has grown feeble;
(K)she has fainted away;
(L)her sun went down while it was yet day;
she has been shamed and disgraced.
And the rest of them I will give to the sword
before their enemies,
declares the Lord.”
Jeremiah 15:5-9
Common English Bible
5 Who will pity you, Jerusalem?
Who will shed tears over you?
Who will stop and ask how you’re doing?
6 You have deserted me,
declares the Lord.
You have turned your back on me.
So I will turn my hand against you
and destroy you.
I’m tired of holding back.
7 I will winnow them with a winnowing fork
at the gates of their country.
I will bereave and destroy my people
because they haven’t changed their ways.
8 Their widows will outnumber
the sand on the shore.
I will bring a destroyer in broad daylight
against the mothers of young men.[a]
Suddenly I will bring distress
and terror upon them.
9 The mother of seven
will grow weak and gasp for air;
her sun will set while it is yet day;
she will be ashamed and disgraced.
I will deliver the survivors to the sword,
to the power of their enemies,
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 15:8 Heb uncertain
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