Jeremiah 15
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 15 of 52
Chapter Summary
The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the Jews. Jeremiah, complaining of their spite, receives a promise for himself.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
The prophet who laments being a man of strife and receives Jehovah's promise to deliver and redeem him.
Cited by Jehovah as a great intercessor who, even if he stood before Him, could not turn His soul toward this people.
Named alongside Moses as a paragon of intercession whose pleading would not move Jehovah to spare the people.
King of Judah, son of Hezekiah, whose deeds in Jerusalem are named as the cause of the coming judgment on the land.
King of Judah named as the father of Manasseh in the indictment of Judah's guilt.
Timeline
Jehovah states that even if Moses and Samuel interceded, He would reject the people. He appoints four destroyers: sword, dogs, birds, and beasts, due to the sins of Manasseh.
Jeremiah 15:1-9Jeremiah laments his birth as a man of strife and complains of unceasing pain, calling God a deceitful stream. God rebukes him, promising that if he returns and speaks worthily, he will be a fortified bronze wall against his enemies.
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