Jeremiah 15:7

I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They didn’t return from their ways.

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In The King James Version

And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

In Context

6You have rejected me,” says the LORD. “You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary of showing compassion.

8Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:18The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock will be cursed.

Deuteronomy 28:41You will father sons and daughters, but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.

Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Isaiah 9:13Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought the LORD of Armies.

Jeremiah 4:11At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind blows from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse.

Jeremiah 8:4“Moreover you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?

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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