Chapter 15

Then said⁴ the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood⁴ before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out¹⁶ of my sight, and let them go forth.⁴

And it shall come to pass, if they say⁴ unto thee, Whither shall we go forth?⁴ then thou shalt tell¹ them, Thus saith¹ the LORD; Such as [are] for death, to death; and such as [are] for the sword, to the sword; and such as [are] for the famine, to the famine; and such as [are] for the captivity, to the captivity.

And I will appoint¹ over them four kinds, saith⁷ the LORD: the sword to slay,² and the dogs to tear,² and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour² and destroy.⁵³

And I will cause¹ them to be removed ²¹¹³ into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for [that] which he did¹ in Jerusalem.

For who shall have pity⁴ upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan⁴ thee? or who shall go aside⁴ to ask² how thou doest?

Thou hast forsaken¹ me, saith⁷ the LORD, thou art gone⁴ backward: therefore will I stretch out⁵⁵ my hand against thee, and destroy⁵⁵ thee; I am weary⁸ with repenting.⁹

And I will fan⁴ them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave [them] of children,¹⁴ I will destroy¹⁴ my people, [since] they return¹ not from their ways.

Their widows are increased¹ to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought⁵² upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler⁶ at noonday: I have caused [him] to fall⁵² upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

She that hath borne⁶ seven languisheth:⁴⁹ she hath given up¹ the ghost; her sun is gone down¹ while [it was] yet day: ³¹¹⁷ she hath been ashamed¹ and confounded:¹ and the residue of them will I deliver⁴ to the sword before their enemies,⁶ saith⁷ the LORD.

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne¹ me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury,¹ nor men have lent to me on usury;¹ [yet] every one of them doth curse¹⁸ me.

The LORD said,¹ Verily ⁵¹⁸ it shall be well with thy remnant;^{14 8293} verily I will cause the enemy⁶ to entreat⁵² thee [well] in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

Shall iron break⁴ the northern iron and the steel?

Thy substance and thy treasures will I give⁴ to the spoil without price, and [that] for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

And I will make [thee] to pass⁵² with thine enemies⁶ into a land [which] thou knowest¹ not: for a fire is kindled¹ in mine anger, [which] shall burn⁹³ upon you.

O LORD, thou knowest:¹ remember³ me, and visit³ me, and revenge¹⁰ me of my persecutors;⁶ take me not away⁴ in thy longsuffering: ⁷⁵⁰ know³ that for thy sake I have suffered² rebuke.

Thy words were found,⁸ and I did eat⁴ them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called⁸ by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

I sat¹ not in the assembly of the mockers,¹⁸ nor rejoiced;⁴ I sat¹ alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled¹⁴ me with indignation.

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable,⁷ [which] refuseth¹⁴ to be healed?⁹ wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail?⁸

Therefore thus saith¹ the LORD, If thou return,⁴ then will I bring thee again,⁵⁵ [and] thou shalt stand⁴ before me: and if thou take forth⁵⁵ the precious from the vile,⁶ thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return⁴ unto thee; but return⁴ not thou unto them.

And I will make¹ thee unto this people a fenced⁷ brasen wall: and they shall fight⁸ against thee, but they shall not prevail⁴ against thee: for I [am] with thee to save⁵³ thee and to deliver⁵³ thee, saith⁷ the LORD.

And I will deliver⁵² thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem¹ thee out of the hand of the terrible.