f.
Jehovah's answer
15:1-4
Jer. 15
:1
15:1
And Jehovah said to me,
aEven though
bMoses and
cSamuel were to stand before Me, My soul would not
turn toward this people. Send them out of My sight and let them go.
Jer. 15
:2
15:2
And when they say to you, Where shall we go? Then you shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah,
aThose who are for death to death,
And those who are for the sword to the sword,
And those who are for famine to famine,
And those who are for captivity to captivity.
Jer. 15
:3
15:3
And I will visit them with four kinds
of punishment, declares Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
Jer. 15
:4
15:4
And I will make them a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of
1aManasseh the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
g.
The punishing Jehovah's sighing for His punished people
15:5-9
Jer. 15
:5
15:5
For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,
And who will lament for you;
And who will turn aside to ask
After your welfare?
Jer. 15
:6
15:6
You have
aforsaken Me,
Declares Jehovah.
You keep going backward,
And I have stretched out My hand against you
And have destroyed you;
I have become
1weary of
brepenting.
Jer. 15
:7
15:7
And I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork
In the gates of the land;
I have bereaved
them of children
And destroyed My people;
They have
anot turned back from their ways.
Jer. 15
:8
15:8
Their widows have increased before Me
More than the sand of the seas;
I have brought to them,
Against the mother of the young men,
A spoiler at noon;
I have caused anguish and terror
To fall on her suddenly.
Jer. 15
:9
15:9
She who has borne seven languishes;
She has breathed out her life.
Her sun has gone down while it is still day;
She is put to shame and confounded.
And the rest of them I will give up to the sword
Before their enemies,
Declares Jehovah.
H.
Jehovah's further commission to Jeremiah
15:10—16:9
Jer. 15
:10
15:10
1Woe is me, my mother, because you
abore me,
A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land.
I have not lent with interest,
Nor have they lent to me;
Yet everyone curses me.
Jer. 15
:11
15:11
Jehovah said, Surely I will set you free for
your good;
Indeed I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you
In a time of trouble and in a time of distress.
Jer. 15
:12
15:12
Can one break
1iron,
Iron from the north, or bronze?
Jer. 15
:13
15:13
1aYour wealth and your treasures
I will give as plunder without price,
And that for all your sins,
And within all your borders.
Jer. 15
:14
15:14
I will cause your enemies to bring
it Into a land you do not know;
For a fire is kindled in My anger,
Which will burn against you.
Jer. 15
:15
15:15
O Jehovah, You know;
Remember me and visit me,
And
1avenge me of my persecutors.
Do not let Your long-suffering
for them prevail and have me taken away;
Know that for Your sake I bear
areproach.
Jer. 15
:16
15:16
Your words were found and I
1aate them,
And Your
bword became to me
The gladness and joy of my heart,
For I am called by Your name,
O Jehovah, God of hosts.
Jer. 15
:17
15:17
I did not
asit in the assembly of mockers, nor did I exult.
Because of Your hand I sat alone,
For You have filled me with indignation.
Jer. 15
:18
15:18
Why is my pain unceasing,
And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will You indeed be to me like a deceitful
brook?
Like waters that fail?
Jer. 15
:19
15:19
Therefore thus says Jehovah,
If
1you areturn, I will restore you;
You will stand before Me;
And if you
2bring out the precious from the worthless,
You will be as My mouth;
They will turn to you,
But you will not turn to them.
Jer. 15
:20
15:20
aAnd I will make you to this people
A
1fortified wall of bronze;
And they will fight against you,
But they will not prevail against you;
For I am with you
To save you and deliver you,
Declares Jehovah.
Jer. 15
:21
15:21
And I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked
And redeem you from the hand of those who terrorize.
