Old Testament · Prophets

Jeremiah chapter 15

Then Yahweh said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel , toward this people. Send them away from my presence. Let them go.”And when they ask you, ‘Where should we go?’ — tell them: This is what Yahweh says: Those marked for death — to death. Those marked for the sword — to the sword. Those marked for famine — to famine. Those marked for — to captivity.“I will send four kinds of destroyers against them” — this is Yahweh’s — “the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth to devour and destroy.”“I will make them to every kingdom on earth — because of what son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.”Who will for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you? Who will even stop to ask how you are?“You me” — this is Yahweh’s declaration — “you kept walking away. So I stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. .”“I them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I bereaved them. I destroyed my people. They did not from their ways.”“Their widows became more numerous to me than the sand of the seas. I brought against them — against the mother of young men — a . I dropped anguish and terrors on her without warning.”“The withered away. She breathed her last breath. — she was left shamed and humiliated. And those who remain, I will hand over to the sword before their enemies” — this is Yahweh’s declaration., my mother, that you gave birth to me — a man the whole land fights against, the whole land argues with. I haven’t lent money to anyone, and no one has lent to me, but every one of them curses me.Yahweh said: “Surely I will for a good purpose. Surely I will make your enemies plead with you in their time of disaster and distress.”Can anyone shatter iron — — or bronze?“Your wealth and your treasures I will hand over as plunder — no payment required — because of all your throughout your territory.”“I will make you serve your enemies in a land you do not know, because — it will burn against you.”, Yahweh. Remember me. Come to me. Take revenge for me on those who pursue me. In your patience with them, don’t let me be taken. Know that .Your words were found, and I them. Your words became my joy and , because , Yahweh, .I never sat in the , never joined in their laughter. Because , I sat alone, because you filled me with .Why is my pain unending? Why is my wound beyond healing, refusing to get better? Will you really be to me like a — water that can’t be counted on?So this is what Yahweh said: “If you to me, I will take you back — you will stand before me again. If you pull out what is , you will be . Let them come back to you — but you must not go back to them.”“I will make you a wall to this people — . They will fight against you but they will not overpower you, because to ” — this is Yahweh’s declaration.“I will of the grip of . I will from the fist of .”