Jeremiah 15:7

And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave of children [and] destroy my people: they have not returned from their ways.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

In Context

6Thou hast cast me off, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward; and I have stretched out my hand against thee, and will destroy thee: I am become weary of repenting.

8Their widows are increased to me more than the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noonday; I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.

Deuteronomy 28:41Sons and daughters shalt thou beget, but thou shalt not have them [to be with thee]; for they shall go into captivity.

Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Isaiah 9:13But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, and they do not seek Jehovah of hosts.

Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind [cometh] from the heights in the wilderness, on the way of the daughter of my people, not for fanning, nor for cleansing.

Jeremiah 8:4And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do [men] fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 15:2-10

Sentence against Judah Confirmed; Destruction of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord ; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the… Read the whole commentary →

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