Jeremiah 15:4

And I will make them a terror, to all the kingdoms of the earth,—On account of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For what he did in Jerusalem.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

In Context

3And I will set in charge over them—four species Declareth Yahweh, The sword to slay, and The dogs to trail along,—and The bird of the heavens and The beast of the earth to devour and to destroy.

5For who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem? And who shall lament for thee? And who shall turn aside, to ask for thy welfare?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:25Yahweh will give thee up to be routed before thine enemies, one way, shalt thou go out against them, and, seven ways, shalt thou flee before them,—and thou shalt become a terror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

2 Kings 21:2And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,—after the abominable practices of the nations, whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

2 Kings 21:15Because they have done the thing that is wicked in mine eyes, and have become such as to provoke me to anger,—from the day when their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even until this day.

2 Kings 23:26Howbeit, Yahweh turned not away from the glow of his great anger, wherewith his anger glowed against Judah—because of all the provocations wherewith, Manasseh, had provoked him.

Jeremiah 9:16And will scatter them among the nations, which neither they nor their fathers, have known,—And will send after them the sword, until I have consumed them.

Jeremiah 29:18Therefore will I pursue them with sword with famine and with pestilence,—And will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth A curse and an astonishment and a hissing and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven 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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