Jeremiah 15:12

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:

Barnes' Notes

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The steel - " brass," i. e., bronze. By the "iron" is meant Jeremiah' s intercession; but this cannot alter the divine purpose to send Judah into exile, which is firm as steel and brass. For "brass" see Exodus 25:3 note. The alloy of copper and zinc now called brass was entirely unknown to the ancients.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 15:12:**

Isaiah 52:13-15
Daniel 7:7-8

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