Keraia
Major Prophets

Jeremiah 15

Judgment to Continue

1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!

1And YHWH said to me: “Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul is not toward this people. Cast them before My face, and let them go away!

2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says:

‘Those destined for death, to death;

those destined for the sword, to the sword;

those destined for famine, to famine;

and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’

2And it will come to pass, if they say to you ‘Where should we go?’ That you shall say to them, thus says YHWH: ‘Those unto death—unto death, and those unto the sword—unto the sword, and those unto the famine—unto the famine, and those unto captivity—unto captivity!’

3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

3And I will appoint over them four kinds, says YHWH: The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, and the bird of the heavens and the beast of the earth to devour and to destroy.

4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

4And I will set them as a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah—for that which he did in Jerusalem!

5Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem?

Who will mourn for you?

Who will turn aside

to ask about your welfare?

5For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will mourn for you? Or who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?

6You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD.

You have turned your back.

So I will stretch out My hand against you

and I will destroy you;

I am weary of showing compassion.

6You have forsaken Me, a declaration of YHWH; You have gone backward; and I have stretched out My hand against you, and will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

7I will scatter them with a winnowing fork

at the gates of the land.

I will bereave and destroy My people

who have not turned from their ways.

7And I will scatter them with a pitchfork at the gates of the land; I will bereave and destroy My people, who have not turned from their ways.

8I will make their widows more numerous

than the sand of the sea.

I will bring a destroyer at noon

against the mothers of young men.

I will suddenly bring upon them

anguish and dismay.

8Its widows will be more numerous to Me than the sand of the seas; I will bring upon them—against the mother of the young man—a destroyer at noonday, and I will make fall on them suddenly anguish and terror.

9The mother of seven will grow faint;

she will breathe her last breath.

Her sun will set while it is still day;

she will be disgraced and humiliated.

And the rest I will put to the sword

in the presence of their enemies,”

declares the LORD.

9She languishes who has borne seven; she has breathed her last, her sun has gone down while yet day; she has been ashamed and disgraved. And the remnant of them I will give to the sword, before the face of their enemies, a declaration of YHWH.

Jeremiah’s Woe

10Woe to me, my mother,

that you have borne me,

a man of strife and conflict

in all the land.

I have neither lent nor borrowed,

yet everyone curses me.

10Woe to me, my mother, for you gave birth to me, a man of strife and a man of contention in all the land! I have not lent, and not have they lent on usury to me—all of them curse me.

11The LORD said:

“Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose;

surely I will intercede with your enemy

in your time of trouble,

in your time of distress.

11YHWH said “Truly: With your remnant it will be well, truly have I not interceded with the enemy for you in the time of adversity and in the time of distress?

12Can anyone smash iron—

iron from the north—or bronze?

12Can one break iron—iron from the north—and bronze?

13Your wealth and your treasures

I will give up as plunder,

without charge for all your sins

within all your borders.

13Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder without price, even for all your sins, even in all your borders.

14Then I will enslave you to your enemies

in a land you do not know,

for My anger will kindle a fire

that will burn against you.”

14And I will make you pass over with your enemies into a land that you do not know; for a fire is kindled in My anger that will burn against you.”

15You understand, O LORD;

remember me and attend to me.

Avenge me against my persecutors.

In Your patience, do not take me away.

Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.

15You—You have known, O YHWH; remember me and attend to me, and take vengeance for me on my pursuers! In Your long-suffering do not take me away; know I have suffered rebuke for Your sake.

16Your words were found, and I ate them.

Your words became my joy

and my heart’s delight.

For I bear Your name,

O LORD God of Hosts.

16Your words were found, and I consumed them, and Your word to me was the joy and the gladness of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O YHWH God of Hosts.

17I never sat with the band of revelers,

nor did I celebrate with them.

Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone,

for You have filled me with indignation.

17I did not sit in the counsel of the mockers no rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, for You have filled me with indignation.

18Why is my pain unending,

and my wound incurable,

refusing to be healed?

You have indeed become like a mirage to me—

water that is not there.

18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You will surely be to me like a liar, waters that fail?

The LORD’s Promise

19Therefore this is what the LORD says:

“If you return, I will restore you;

you will stand in My presence.

And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless,

you will be My spokesman.

It is they who must turn to you,

but you must not turn to them.

19Therefore, thus says YHWH: “If you turn back, then I will restore you; you will stand before My face; and if you bring out the precious things from the vile, you will be as My mouth. Let them turn back to you, and you shall not return to them.

20Then I will make you a wall to this people,

a fortified wall of bronze;

they will fight against you

but will not overcome you,

for I am with you to save and deliver you,

declares the LORD.

20And I will make you to this people as a wall of fortified bronze; and they shall make war against you, and they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you to save you and to deliver you! A declaration of YHWH.

21I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked

and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”

21And I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked ones, and I will ransom you from the grip of the terrible.”