Jeremiah 15:12

Doth one break iron — northern iron, and brass?

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

In Context

11Jehovah said, Did I not direct thee for good? Did not I intercede for thee in a time of evil, And in a time of adversity, with the enemy?

13Thy strength and thy treasures For a prey I do give — not for price, Even for all thy sins, and in all thy borders.

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Cross References

Isaiah 45:9Woe [to] him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, 'What dost thou?' And thy work, 'He hath no hands?'

Jeremiah 21:4Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Lo, I am turning round the weapons of battle That [are] in your hand, With which ye do fight the king of Babylon, And the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against you, At the outside of the wall, And I have gathered them into the midst of this city,

Habakkuk 1:5Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not believe though it is declared.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 15:11-15

The Prophet's Complaint; The Prophet Assured of His Safety. ( b. c. 606.) 10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. 11 The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 13 Thy substance and… Read the whole commentary →

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