Jeremiah 15:5

For who will have compassion for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you? 1

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In The King James Version

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

In Context

4I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem. 1

6You have forsaken me—this is Yahweh's declaration—you have gone back from me. 1 So I will strike you with my hand and destroy you. I am tired of having mercy on you. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 18:7Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. They asked about each other's welfare and then went into the tent.

1 Samuel 10:4They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will take from their hands.

1 Samuel 25:5So David sent ten young men. David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

Psalms 69:20Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; 1 I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; 1 I looked for comforters, but I found none. 1

Jeremiah 13:14Then I will smash each man against the other, fathers and children together—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not pity them or have compassion, and I will not spare them from destruction.'” 1

Jeremiah 21:7After this—this is Yahweh's declaration—Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, the people, and whoever remains in this city after the plague, the sword, and the famine, I will give them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their life. Then he will kill them with the edge of the sword. He will not pity them, spare them, or have compassion.'

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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