The Lord Will Not Relent

Jeremiah 15

1 Then the Lord said to me, p "Though q Moses r and Samuel s stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

2 And when they ask you, 'Where shall we go?' you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord:
t "'Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those who are for the sword, to the sword;
those who are for famine, to famine,
and those who are for captivity, to captivity.'

3 u I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and v the birds of the air w and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4 x And I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what y Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.

5 z "Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,
z or who will grieve for you?
Who will turn aside
to ask about your welfare?
 6 a You have rejected me, declares the Lord;
b you keep going backward,
so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you -
c I am weary of relenting.
 7 d I have winnowed them with e a winnowing fork
in the gates of the land;
I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people;
f they did not turn from their ways.
 8 I have made their widows more in number
than g the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of young men
a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
fall upon them suddenly.
 9 h She who bore seven has grown feeble;
i she has fainted away;
j her sun went down while it was yet day;
she has been shamed and disgraced.
And the rest of them I will give to the sword
before their enemies,
declares the Lord."

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 99:6
    Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called upon his name. They called to the Lord, and he answered them.
    Ezekiel 14:14
    Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 106:23
    Therefore he said he would destroy them - had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
    Exodus 32:11 - 13
    But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, "O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:9
    So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
    1 Samuel 8:6
    But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to the Lord.
    1 Samuel 12:23
    Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
    1 Samuel 15:11
    I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 35:19
    Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall never lack a man to stand before me.
    Jeremiah 15:19
    Therefore thus says the Lord : "If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 14:12
    Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, an...
    Jeremiah 16:4
    They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall n...
    Jeremiah 21:9
    He who stays in this city shall die by the swor...
    Jeremiah 43:11
    He shall come and strike the land of Egypt, giv...
    Ezekiel 5:12
    A third part of you shall die of pestilence and...
    Ezekiel 6:11 - 12
    Thus says the Lord God : "Clap your hands and s...
    Zechariah 11:9
    So I said, "I will not be your shepherd. What i...
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:16 - 22
    Then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:26
    And your dead body shall be food for all birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away.
  8. Cross References
    Revelation 6:8
    And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 24:9
    I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
    Jeremiah 29:18
    I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them.
    Jeremiah 34:17
    Therefore, thus says the Lord : You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
    Deuteronomy 28:25
    The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:2
    And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
    2 Kings 21:11
    Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations and has done things more evil than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols.
    2 Kings 21:16 - 17
    Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
    2 Kings 23:26
    Still the Lord did not turn from the burning of his great wrath, by which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.
    2 Kings 24:3 - 4
    Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:19
    These two things have happened to you - who will console you? - devastation and destruction, famine and sword; who will comfort you?
    Nahum 3:7
    And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her? Where shall I seek comforters for you?
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:19
    These two things have happened to you - who will console you? - devastation and destruction, famine and sword; who will comfort you?
    Nahum 3:7
    And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her? Where shall I seek comforters for you?
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:24
    But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
  15. Cross References
    Hosea 13:14
    Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:2
    And I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.
    Isaiah 41:16
    You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the Lord ; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
    Matthew 3:12
    His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
    Luke 3:17
    His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 30:24
    And the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 5:3
    O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
    Isaiah 9:13
    The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
    Amos 4:6
    I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me," declares the Lord.
    Amos 4:8 - 11
    So two or three cities would wander to another city to drink water, and would not be satisfied; yet you did not return to me," declares the Lord.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
    Psalms 139:18
    If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
  20. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:5
    Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.
    Lamentations 1:1
    How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.
  21. Cross References
    Job 11:20
    But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.
  22. Cross References
    Amos 8:9
    And on that day," declares the Lord God, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.
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