ULT JER Chapter 15

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15 Then Yahweh said to me, “If Moses and Samuel stood to my face, my soul would not be to this people. Send them away from by my face, and let them go out. 2 And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says Yahweh:

“Those 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 the captivity to the captivity.” ’

3 And I will appoint over them four kinds”—the declaration of Yahweh—“The sword to kill and the dogs to drag away and the bird of the skies and the beast of the earth to devour and to destroy. 4 And I will make them a terror for all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

5 For who will have compassion on you, Jerusalem, or who will grieve for you, or who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?

6 You have forsaken me”—the declaration of Yahweh—“you have gone backward,

therefore I will stretch out my hand against you and destroy you; I am weary of relenting.

7 And I will winnow them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land.

I will bereave them of children; I will destroy my people since they do not turn back from their ways.

8 Their widows will be numerous to me, more than the sand of the seas. I will bring to them, against the mother of the young men,

one who destroys at the noonday; I will cause anguish and terror to fall on her suddenly.

9 She who has borne seven will grow faint. She will breath out her life. Her sun will go down while it is yet day.

She will be ashamed and disgraced, and the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword before the face of their enemies,”

the declaration of Yahweh.

10 Woe to me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land.

I have not lent, nor have they lent to me, but everyone of them is cursing me.

11 Yahweh said: “Surely I have loosened you for good;

surely I will make the enemy plead with you in the time of disaster and in the time of distress!

12 Can one break iron, iron from the north, or bronze?

13 Your wealth and your treasures I will give for plunder, with no price,

because of all your sins, and throughout your territories.

14 Then I will cause your enemies to bring you into a land that you do not know,

for a fire is kindled in my nose which shall burn against you.” [fn]

15 Yahweh, you yourself know! Remember me and visit me and take vengeance for me on the ones persecuting me.

may you not take me away in the length of your nose;

know that I suffer reproach for you.

16 Your words were found, and I ate them and your words were a joy to me

and the rejoicing of my heart,

for by your name I am called, Yahweh, God of hosts.

17 I did not sit in the company of the ones who revel nor did I rejoice;

I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.

18 Why is my pain endless and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?

Will you be to me like a deceptive brook, like waters that are not reliable?

19 Therefore, thus says Yahweh, “If you return, then I will restore you, you shall stand to my face.

And if you take out the precious from the one who is worthless, you will be as my mouth.

They themselves shall turn to you, but you yourself shall not turn to them.

20 I will make you to this people a wall of fortified bronze, and they will fight against you,

but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” the declaration of Yahweh.

21 “And I will deliver you from the hand of the evil and I will redeem you from the palm of the ruthless.”

Instead of Then I will make you serve your enemies, some ancient copies have Then I will make you serve your enemies .