Jeremiah 15:11

Jeremiah 15:11

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.

Jeremiah’s Dejection

10 ^aWoe is me, my mother,
That you have borne me,
A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole¹ earth!
I have neither lent for interest,
Nor have men lent to me for interest.
Every one of them curses me.

11 The Lord said:
“Surely it will be well with your remnant;
Surely I will cause ^athe enemy to intercede with you
In the time of adversity and in the time of affliction.

12 Can anyone break iron,
The northern iron and the bronze?

13 Your wealth and your treasures
I will give as ^aplunder without price,
Because of all your sins,
Throughout your territories.

14 And I will¹ make you cross over with your enemies
^aInto a land which you do not know;
For a ^bfire is kindled in My anger,
Which shall burn upon you.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Verily—literally, "Shall it not be?" that is, "Surely it shall be."

thy remnant—the final issue of thy life; thy life, which now seems to thee so sad, shall eventuate in prosperity [CALVIN]. They who think that they shall be the surviving remnant, whereas thou shalt perish, shall themselves fall, whereas thou shalt remain and be favored by the conquerors [JUNIUS], (Jeremiah 40:4-5; Jeremiah 39:11-12). The Keri reads, "I will set thee free (or as MAURER, 'I will establish thee') for good" (Jeremiah 14:11; Ezra 8:22; Psalms 119:122).

to entreat thee well—literally, "to meet thee"; so "to be placable, nay, of their own accord to anticipate in meeting thee with kindness" [CALVIN]. I prefer this translation as according with the event (Jeremiah 39:11-12; Jeremiah 40:4-5). GESENIUS, from Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 27:18; Job 21:15, translates (not only will I relieve thee from the enemy's vexations, but) "I will make thine enemy (that now vexeth thee) apply to thee with prayers" (Jeremiah 38:14; Jeremiah 42:2-6).

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