Jer 15:5 | NET2full | STEP | The Lord cried out, “ Who in the world will have pity on you, Jerusalem ? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to inquire about how you are doing ?

‏ Jeremiah 15:5

5 The Lord cried out, ^{▼▼tn The words “The Lord cried out” are not in the text. However, they are necessary to show the shift in address between telling Jeremiah about the people in vv. 1-4, speaking to Jerusalem in vv. 5-6, and addressing Jeremiah again in vv. 7-9. The words “oracle of the Lord” are, moreover, found at the beginning of v. 6.}
“Who in the world ^{▼▼tn The words, “in the world” are not in the text but are the translator’s way of trying to indicate that this rhetorical question expects a negative answer.} will have pity on you, Jerusalem?
Who will grieve over you?
Who will stop long enough ^{▼▼tn Heb “turn aside.”}
to inquire about how you are doing? ^{▼▼tn Or “about your well-being”; Heb “about your welfare” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).}