Jeremiah 15:11
The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
12Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze?
Cross References
Psalms 106:46He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
Jeremiah 21:2“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
Jeremiah 37:3Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
Jeremiah 39:12“Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”
Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 15:11-15
The Prophet's Complaint; The Prophet Assured of His Safety. ( b. c. 606.) 10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. 11 The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 13 Thy substance and… Read the whole commentary →