Jeremiah 15:9

The mother who has borne seven children will waste away. She will gasp. Her sun will set while it is still day. 1 She will be ashamed and embarrassed, for I will give those who remain to the sword in the presence of their enemies 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration.” 1

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In The King James Version

She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

In Context

8I will make their widows number more than the sands of the seashore. Against the mothers of young men I will send 1 the destroyer at noonday. I will make shock and horror suddenly fall on them. 1

10Woe to me, my mother! For you have borne me, I who am a man of controversy and argument through all the land. 1 I have not lent, nor has anyone lent to me, but they all curse me. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread; 1 those who were hungry have stopped being hungry. 1 Even the barren one gives birth to seven, 1 but the woman who has many children languishes. 1

Jeremiah 15:2It will happen that they will say to you, 'Where should we go?' Then you must say to them, 'Yahweh says this: 1 Those who are for death should go to death; those who are for the sword should go to the sword. 1 Those who are for famine should go to famine; and those who are for captivity should go to captivity.'

Jeremiah 44:27See, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. Every person of Judah in the land of Egypt will perish by sword and famine until they are all finished.

Lamentations 4:10The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; 1 they became their food during the time 1 when the daughter of my people was being destroyed. 1

Ezekiel 5:13Then my wrath will be completed, and I will cause my fury toward them to rest. I will be satisfied, and they will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my wrath when I have completed my fury against them.

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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