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Judgment Must Come
1 Then the Loʀᴅ said to me, “Even APs 99:6; Ezek 14:14, 20though BEx 32:11-14; Num 14:13-20; Ps 99:6; 106:23Moses and C1 Sam 7:9; 12:23Samuel were to DJer 15:19; 18:20; 35:19stand before Me, My 1Lit soulheart would not be 2Lit towardwith this people; E2 Kin 17:20; Jer 7:15; 10:18; 52:3send them away from My presence and let them go! 2 “And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you are to tell them, ‘Thus says the Loʀᴅ:
“Those destined AJer 14:12; 24:10; 43:11; Ezek 5:2, 12; Zech 11:9; Rev 13:10for death, to death;
And those destined for the sword, to the sword;
And those destined for famine, to famine;
And those destined for captivity, to captivity.” ’
3 “I will ALev 26:16, 22, 25; Ezek 14:21appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the Loʀᴅ: “the sword to slay, the B1 Kin 21:23, 24dogs to drag off, and the CDeut 28:26; Is 18:6; Jer 7:33birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4 “I will ALev 26:33; Jer 24:9; 29:18; Ezek 23:46make them an object of horror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of B2 Kin 21:1-18; 23:26, 27; 24:3, 4; 2 Chr 33:1-9Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
5 “Indeed, who will have APs 69:20; Is 51:19; Jer 13:14; 21:7pity on you, O Jerusalem,
Or who will BNah 3:7mourn for you,
Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
6 “You who have AJer 6:19; 8:9forsaken Me,” declares the Loʀᴅ,
“You keep BIs 1:4; Jer 7:24going backward.
So I will CJer 6:12; Zeph 1:4stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
I am DJer 6:11; 7:16tired of relenting!
7 “I will APs 1:4; Jer 51:2winnow them with a winnowing fork
At the gates of the land;
I will BJer 18:21; Hos 9:12-16bereave them of children, I will destroy My people;
CIs 9:13They did not 1Lit turn back fromrepent of their ways.
8 “Their AIs 3:25, 26; 4:1widows will be more numerous before Me
Than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,
A BJer 22:7destroyer at noonday;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Anguish and dismay.
1Or She has breathed out her soulHer breathing is labored.
Her BJer 6:4; Amos 8:9sun has set while it was yet day;
She has been CJer 50:12shamed and humiliated.
So I will DJer 21:7give over their survivors to the sword
Before their enemies,” declares the Loʀᴅ.
10 AJob 3:1, 3; Jer 20:14Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me
As a BJer 1:18, 19; 15:20; 20:7, 8man of strife and a man of contention to all the land!
I have not CEx 22:25; Lev 25:36, 37; Deut 23:19lent, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.
Surely I will cause the BJer 21:2; 37:3; 38:14; 42:2enemy to make supplication to you
In a time of disaster and a time of distress.
12 “Can anyone smash iron,
AJer 28:14Iron from the north, or bronze?
13 “Your AJer 17:3; 20:5wealth and your treasures
I will give for booty BPs 44:12; Is 52:3without cost,
Even for all your sins
And within all your borders.
Into a ADeut 28:36, 64; Jer 16:13land you do not know;
For a BDeut 32:22; Ps 21:9; Jer 17:4fire has been kindled in My anger,
It will burn upon you.”
Jeremiah’s Prayer and God’s Answer
15 AJer 12:3You who know, O Loʀᴅ,
Remember me, take notice of me,
And BJer 11:20take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that CPs 44:22; 69:7-9; Jer 20:8for Your sake I endure reproach.
16 Your words were found and I AEzek 3:3ate them,
And Your BJob 23:12; Ps 119:103words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart;
For I have been CJer 14:9called by Your name,
O Loʀᴅ God of hosts.
17 I APs 1:1; Jer 16:8; 2 Cor 6:17did not sit in the circle of merrymakers,
Nor did I exult.
Because of Your hand upon me I sat BPs 102:7; Jer 13:17; Lam 3:28; Ezek 3:24, 25alone,
For You CJer 6:11filled me with indignation.
18 Why has my pain been perpetual
And my AJob 34:6; Jer 30:12, 15; Mic 1:9wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will You indeed be to me BJob 6:15, 20; Jer 14:3like a deceptive stream
With water that is unreliable?
19 Therefore, thus says the Loʀᴅ,
“AJer 4:1; Zech 3:7If you return, then I will restore you—
B1 Kin 17:1; Jer 15:1; 35:19Before Me you will stand;
And CJer 6:29; Ezek 22:26; 44:23if you extract the precious from the worthless,
You will become 1Lit as My mouthMy spokesman.
They for their part may turn to you,
But as for you, you must not turn to them.
20 “Then I will AJer 1:18, 19; Ezek 3:9make you to this people
A fortified wall of bronze;
And though they fight against you,
They will not prevail over you;
For BPs 46:7; Is 41:10; Jer 1:8, 19; 15:15; 20:11I am with you to save you
And deliver you,” declares the Loʀᴅ.
21 “So I will APs 37:40; Is 49:25; Jer 20:13; 39:11, 12deliver you from the hand of the wicked,
And I will BGen 48:16; Is 49:26; 60:16; Jer 31:11; 50:34redeem you from the 1Lit palmgrasp of the violent.”
A15:1 Ps 99:6; Ezek 14:14, 20
B15:1 Ex 32:11-14; Num 14:13-20; Ps 99:6; 106:23
115:1 Lit soul
215:1 Lit toward
E15:1 2 Kin 17:20; Jer 7:15; 10:18; 52:3
A15:2 Jer 14:12; 24:10; 43:11; Ezek 5:2, 12; Zech 11:9; Rev 13:10
A15:3 Lev 26:16, 22, 25; Ezek 14:21
B15:3 1 Kin 21:23, 24
C15:3 Deut 28:26; Is 18:6; Jer 7:33
A15:4 Lev 26:33; Jer 24:9; 29:18; Ezek 23:46
B15:4 2 Kin 21:1-18; 23:26, 27; 24:3, 4; 2 Chr 33:1-9
A15:5 Ps 69:20; Is 51:19; Jer 13:14; 21:7
115:7 Lit turn back from
115:9 Or She has breathed out her soul
B15:10 Jer 1:18, 19; 15:20; 20:7, 8
C15:10 Ex 22:25; Lev 25:36, 37; Deut 23:19
B15:11 Jer 21:2; 37:3; 38:14; 42:2
115:14 I.e. your possessions
A15:14 Deut 28:36, 64; Jer 16:13
B15:14 Deut 32:22; Ps 21:9; Jer 17:4
C15:15 Ps 44:22; 69:7-9; Jer 20:8
A15:17 Ps 1:1; Jer 16:8; 2 Cor 6:17
B15:17 Ps 102:7; Jer 13:17; Lam 3:28; Ezek 3:24, 25
A15:18 Job 34:6; Jer 30:12, 15; Mic 1:9
B15:19 1 Kin 17:1; Jer 15:1; 35:19
C15:19 Jer 6:29; Ezek 22:26; 44:23
115:19 Lit as My mouth
B15:20 Ps 46:7; Is 41:10; Jer 1:8, 19; 15:15; 20:11
A15:21 Ps 37:40; Is 49:25; Jer 20:13; 39:11, 12
B15:21 Gen 48:16; Is 49:26; 60:16; Jer 31:11; 50:34
115:21 Lit palm