Jeremiah 15:5

5 "Indeed, who will have 1pity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will 2mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

Jeremiah 15:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 15:5

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem?
&c.] The inhabitants of it; their sins being so many, and so heinous, and so aggravated, and so deserving of punishment, that none could pity their case, or have a heart of compassion towards them, or even spare reproaching them: or "who shall bemoan thee?" sympathize and condole with thee, or speak a comfortable word to thee, or seek to alleviate thy grief and sorrow: or "who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?" or "of thy peace?" F3 shall not think it worth their while to go a step out of their way, or turn into a house, and inquire of thy welfare, or salute thee.


FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Kl Mwlvl lwavl) "ad petendum [de] pace tua", Pagninus; "ad interrogandum te de paca tua", Piscator; "[sive] prosperitate tua", Junius & Tremellius.

Jeremiah 15:5 In-Context

3 "I will appoint over them four kinds of doom," declares the LORD : "the sword to slay, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
4 "I will make them an object of horror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
5 "Indeed, who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
6 "You who have forsaken Me," declares the LORD , "You keep going backward. So I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am tired of relenting!
7 "I will winnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy My people; They did not repent of their ways.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Psalms 69:20; Isaiah 51:19; Jeremiah 13:14; Jeremiah 21:7
  • 2. Nahum 3:7
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