Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord Will Not Relent

1 Then the Lord said to me, ^a“Even if ^bMoses and ^cSamuel stood before Me, My mind would not be favorable toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth.

2 And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
^a“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 ^bcaptivity, to the captivity.” ’

3 “And I will ^aappoint over them four forms of destruction,” says the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, ^bthe birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

4 I will hand them over to ^atrouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of ^bManasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

5 “For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem?
Or who will bemoan you?
Or who will turn aside to ask how you are doing?

6 ^aYou have forsaken Me,” says the Lord,
“You have ^bgone backward.
Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
^cI am¹ weary of relenting!

7 And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land;
I will ^abereave them of children;
I will destroy My people,
Since they ^bdo not return from their ways.

8 Their widows will be increased to Me more than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them,
Against the mother of the young men,
A plunderer at noonday;
I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them ^asuddenly.

9 “She^a languishes who has borne seven;
She has breathed her last;
^bHer sun has gone down
While it was yet day;
She has been ashamed and confounded.
And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword
Before their enemies,” says the Lord.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Jeremiah 15:1

Though Moses and Samuel - Moses had often supplicated for the people; and in consequence they were spared. See Exodus 32:11 and following verses, Numbers 14:13. Samuel also had prayed for the people, and God heard him, I Samuel 7:9; but if these or the most holy men were now to supplicate for this people, he would not spare them.

Cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth - Do not bring them into my presence by your prayers; let them go forth into captivity.

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