Verse 15

Jeremiah 9:15

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15 So the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/הֲפִֽצוֹתִי/ם֙ בַּ/גּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ הֵ֖מָּה וַֽ/אֲבוֹתָ֑/ם וְ/שִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י אַֽחֲרֵי/הֶם֙ אֶת הַ/חֶ֔רֶב עַ֥ד כַּלּוֹתִ֖/י אוֹתָֽ/ם

English Translation

And I will scatter them among the nations that they did not know, them and their ancestors, and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weepi... Focus ↗

2 If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far... Focus ↗

3 Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but... Focus ↗

4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will ce... Focus ↗

5 Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have b... Focus ↗

6 There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord. Focus ↗

7 So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; thi... Focus ↗

8 His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to h... Focus ↗

9 Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such... Focus ↗

10 Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste... Focus ↗

11 And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the... Focus ↗

12 Who is the wise man able to see this? who is he to whom the word of the Lord has come, so that he ma... Focus ↗

13 And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to... Focus ↗

14 But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gav... Focus ↗

15 So the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bit...

16 And I will send them wandering among the nations, among people strange to them and to their fathers:... Focus ↗

17 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they... Focus ↗

18 Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they a... Focus ↗

19 For a sound of weeping goes up from Zion, a cry, How has destruction come on us? we are overcome wit... Focus ↗

20 But even now, give ear to the word of the Lord, O you women; let your ears be open to the word of hi... Focus ↗

21 For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the child... Focus ↗

22 The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain... Focus ↗

23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in hi... Focus ↗

24 But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I... Focus ↗

25 See, the day is coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on all those who have circumcisio... Focus ↗

26 On Egypt and on Judah and on Edom and on the children of Ammon and on Moab and on all who have the e... Focus ↗

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Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 9 (26 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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