Jeremiah 15:13
Yea, I will give thy treasures for a spoil as a recompense, because of all thy sins, and that in all thy borders.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
12Will iron be known? whereas thy strength is a brazen covering.
Cross References
Isaiah 52:3For thus saith the Lord, Ye have been sold for nought; and ye shall not be ransomed with silver.
Jeremiah 15:8Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, even distress at noonday: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.
Jeremiah 20:5And I will give all the strength of this city, and all the labors of it, and all the treasures of the king of Judah, into the hands of his enemies, and they shall bring them to Babylon.
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 →