Jeremiah 15:11
The Lord said, Truly I will release thee for [thy] good; truly I will cause the enemy to meet thee in the time of distress and in the time of affliction.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
12Can iron break in pieces the northern iron and copper?
Cross References
Psalms 106:46And be caused them to find mercy before all those that had carried them away captive.
Proverbs 21:1Like brooks of water is a king's heart in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever it pleaseth him doth he turn it.
Jeremiah 21:2Inquire, I pray thee, in our behalf of the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon maketh war against us; peradventure the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous deeds, so that he may withdraw from us.
Jeremiah 37:3And king Zedekiah sent Jehuchal the son of Shelemyah and Zephanyahu the son of Ma'asseyah the priest unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Pray now in our behalf unto the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 39:12Take him, and direct thy eyes to him, and do him not the least harm; but as he may speak unto thee, even so do thou with him.
Jeremiah 42:2And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our humble supplication be accepted before thee, and pray in our behalf unto the Lord thy God, in behalf of all this remnant; [for we are left but a few of many, as thy own eyes do see us:]
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 →