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
International Standard Version
5 “Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem,
and who will grieve for you?
Who will go out of his way
to ask about your welfare?
6 You have deserted me,” declares the Lord.
“You keep going backward.
I’ll reach out my hand and destroy you.
I’m tired of showing compassion.
7 I’ll winnow[a] them with a winnowing fork
in the gates of the land.
I’ll make them childless.
I’ll destroy my people,
for they didn’t change their ways.
8 I’ll make their[b] widows more numerous
than the sand of the sea.
At noontime I’ll send a destroyer
against the mother[c] of a young man.
I’ll cause terror and anguish
to come to her unexpectedly.
9 “The woman who gave birth to seven will grow faint,
her life will expire.
Her sun will set while it’s still day.
She will be disgraced and humiliated.
I’ll kill the rest of them with swords
in the presence of their enemies,”
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 15:7 Winnowing is the process of separating husks from the grain.
- Jeremiah 15:8 Lit. her
- Jeremiah 15:8 Lit. send against them
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