Jeremiah 15:6

You 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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In The King James Version

Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

In Context

5For who will have compassion for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you? 1

7So I will winnow them with a pitchfork at the gates of the land. 1 I will bereave them. I will destroy my people since they will not turn from their ways. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 78:38Yet he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. 1 Yes, many times he held back his anger 1 and did not stir up all his wrath. 1

Isaiah 28:13So the word of Yahweh will be to them 1 command upon command, command upon command; rule upon rule, rule upon rule; 1 here a little, there a little; 1 so that they may go and fall backward, and be broken, ensnared, and captured. 1

Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed two evils against me: They have abandoned the springs of living waters, 1 and they have dug out cisterns for themselves, 1 broken cisterns that cannot hold water. 1

Jeremiah 2:19Your wickedness rebukes you, and your faithlessness punishes you. So think about it and understand that it is wicked and bitter 1 when you forsake Yahweh your God, and have no fear of me—this is the declaration of Lord Yahweh of hosts. 1

Jeremiah 6:19Hear, earth! See, I am about to bring disaster to this people—the fruit of their thoughts. 1 They paid no attention to my word or law, but they instead rejected it.” 1

Jeremiah 8:5Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in permanent faithlessness? 1 They hold on to treachery and refuse to repent. 1

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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