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    Jeremiah · 21 verses

    Jeremiah 15

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    Jeremiah says he ate God's words. They became joy and heart's delight, which is a remarkably hearty way to receive a message—though the same prophet soon finds that the hand upon him has left him sitting alone, full of indignation.

    No intercessor will dovv. 1–14

    The LORD refuses even the imagined intervention of Moses and Samuel: the people are to be sent away, each to the fate appointed—death, sword, famine, or captivity. Four destroyers follow: sword, dogs, birds, and beasts. Jerusalem is made a horror because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah did there, and the LORD declares that compassion itself has worn thin. Widows multiply, a mother of seven fades in the daylight, and the survivors are handed over to their enemies. Jeremiah, meanwhile, protests that he has neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses him—a strangely specific defence against a universal complaint.

    Words eaten, wounds unhealedvv. 15–21

    Jeremiah asks the LORD to remember him and avenge his persecutors, then explains why he has been sitting alone: he bears the LORD's name and has been filled with indignation. The words he found, however, were eaten; they became delight. His pain remains unending, and the LORD seems to him like a mirage—water that is not there. The answer is a condition and a commission: if he returns and speaks noble rather than worthless words, he will stand in the LORD's presence and become a spokesman. The people must turn to him, not he to them; they may fight him, but a fortified wall of bronze will not be overcome.

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    1. Jer 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!

    2. Jer 15:2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’

    3. Jer 15:3I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

    4. Jer 15:4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

    5. Jer 15:5Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

    6. Jer 15:6You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

    7. Jer 15:7I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.

    8. Jer 15:8I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

    9. Jer 15:9The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.

    10. Jer 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

    11. Jer 15:11The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

    12. Jer 15:12Can anyone smash iron—iron from the north—or bronze?

    13. Jer 15:13Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.

    14. Jer 15:14Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

    15. Jer 15:15You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.

    16. Jer 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

    17. Jer 15:17I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

    18. Jer 15:18Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.

    19. Jer 15:19Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.

    20. Jer 15:20Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

    21. Jer 15:21I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”

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    • 16Revelation 10:9–10And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
    • 16Ezekiel 3:1–3“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
    • 16Psalms 119:101–103I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
    • 16Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
    • 16Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
    • 16Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
    • 16Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
    • 16Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
    • 16Jeremiah 14:9Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
    • 1Ezekiel 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
    • 1Ezekiel 14:20–21then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
    • 1Jeremiah 11:14As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
    • 1Psalms 106:23So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
    • 19Zechariah 3:7“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
    • 1Jeremiah 7:15–16And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
    • 1Exodus 32:11–14But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

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