Jer 15 | ABEn | STEP | And the lord said to me, If [ 4 should stand 1 Moses 2 and 3 Samuel] before my face [ 2 is not 1 my soul] for them. Send out this people from my face, and let them go forth!

Jeremiah 15

CHAPTER 15 The LORD will Avenge

1 And the lord said to me, If [⁴should stand ¹Moses ²and ³Samuel] before my face [²is not ¹my soul] for them. Send out this people from my face, and let them go forth! 2 And it will be if they should say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall say to them, Thus says the lord, As many as for death, to death; and as many as for sword, to sword; and as many as for famine, to famine; and as many as for captivity, to captivity. 3 And I will avenge against them four forms, says the lord; the sword unto slaughter, and the dogs for tearing in pieces, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the winged creatures of the heaven for solid food and corruption. 4 And I will deliver them up for distresses to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for all which he did in Jerusalem. 5 Who will spare over you, O Jerusalem? And who will show timidity against you? Or, who shall return to say, Peace to you? 6 You turned from me, says the lord; [²back ¹you shall go]. And I will stretch out my hand, and I shall utterly destroy you; and no longer shall I spare them. 7 And I will scatter them in a dispersion in the gates of my people. They were made childless; they destroyed my people because of their evils. 8 [²were multiplied ¹Their widows] above the sand of the sea; I brought [²against ³the mother ¹young men], misery in midday. I cast upon her sudden trembling and anxiety. 9 [⁴was emptied ¹The one ²giving birth to ³seven]. [²suffered misfortune ¹Her soul]; [²set ¹her sun] even in the middle of the day. She was disgraced and berated. Of the ones remaining of them [²to ³the sword ¹I will give] before their enemies, says the lord.

Jeremiah's Woe

10 Woe, O mother, as how you bore me a man adjudicating and litigating in all the earth. I derived no benefit, nor did [²benefit ³me ¹anyone]. My strength failed among the ones cursing me. 11 May it be, O lord master, of their prospering in a time of their affliction for good against the enemy. 12 Shall it be known that iron and a wrap-around garment of brass is your strength, no. 13 And of your treasures I will give an equivalent, on account of all your sins, and in all your borders. 14 I will reduce you to slavery round about your enemies, in the land which you knew not. For a fire has been kindled because of my rage; [²against ³you ¹it shall be kindled]. 15 O lord, remember me, and visit me, and acquit me from the ones pursuing me -- not for leniency! Know how I took [²on account of ³you ¹scorning]! 16 even by the ones disregarding your words. Finish them off entirely! and [²will be ¹your word] to me for gladness and the joy of my heart. For [²has been called ¹your name] upon me, O lord almighty. 17 I sat not in their sanhedrin playing about, but I was cautious from in front of your hand. Alone I sat, for [²with bitterness ¹I was filled]. 18 Why do the ones grieving me prevail over me? My wound is substantial, from where shall I be healed? In becoming, it became to me as [²water ¹false], not having trust. 19 Because of this, thus says the lord, If you should return, and I should restore you, [²before ³my face ¹you shall stand]. And if you should lead out the esteemed from the unworthy, [²as ³my mouth ¹you will be]. And they shall return to you; and you shall not return to them. 20 And I will appoint you to this people as [²wall ¹a fortified] of brass. And they shall wage war against you, but in no way shall they be able to prevail against you; because [²with ³you ¹I am] to deliver you, and to rescue you, says the lord. 21 And I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked ones, and I will ransom you from the hand of pestilent ones.