Jeremiah 15

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 15 of 52

1 And Jehovah said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul is not toward this people. Send them from My face; yea, let them go out.

2 And it will be, when they say to you, Where shall we go? Even you will tell them, So says Jehovah, who are for death, to death; and those who are for the sword, to the sword; and those who are for the famine, to the famine; and those who are for captivity, to captivity.

3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, says Jehovah: the sword to kill, and the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the heaven and the beast of the earth to devour and destroy.

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Chapter Summary

The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the Jews. Jeremiah, complaining of their spite, receives a promise for himself.

Key Hebrew Words

חֶ֫רֶב sword H2719 · TWOT 732a
רָעָב famine H7458 · TWOT 2183a
שְׁבִי captivity H7628 · TWOT 2311b
חֶרְפָּה reproach H2781 · TWOT 749a
נָקַם avenge H5358 · TWOT 1413
יָשַׁע save, deliver H3467 · TWOT 929

People & Context

Jeremiah

The prophet who laments being a man of strife and receives Jehovah's promise to deliver and redeem him.

Moses

Cited by Jehovah as a great intercessor who, even if he stood before Him, could not turn His soul toward this people.

Samuel

Named alongside Moses as a paragon of intercession whose pleading would not move Jehovah to spare the people.

Manasseh

King of Judah, son of Hezekiah, whose deeds in Jerusalem are named as the cause of the coming judgment on the land.

Hezekiah

King of Judah named as the father of Manasseh in the indictment of Judah's guilt.

Timeline

Decree of Four Destroyers

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 15:1-9
Jeremiah's Complaint of Isolation and God's Reassurance

Jeremiah 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.

Jeremiah 15:10-21

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