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:

Adam Clarke

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Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? - Shall our weak forces be able to oppose and overcome the powers of the Chaldeans? nechasheth , which we here translate steel, property signifies brass or copper united with tin, which gives it much hardness, and enables it to bear a good edge.

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