Their widows [a]are increased by me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them, and against the [b]assembly of the young men, a destroyer at noon day: I have caused him to fall upon them, and the city, suddenly and [c]speedily.

She that hath borne [d]seven, hath been made weak: her heart hath failed: the sun hath failed [e]her, while it was day, she hath been confounded, and ashamed, and the residue of them will I deliver unto the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.

10 [f]Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me, a contentious man, and a man that striveth with the whole earth: I have neither [g]lent on usury, nor men have lent unto me on usury: yet everyone doth curse me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:8 Because I had slain their husbands.
  2. Jeremiah 15:8 Or, mother.
  3. Jeremiah 15:8 Or, fearfully.
  4. Jeremiah 15:9 She that had many, lost all her children.
  5. Jeremiah 15:9 She was destroyed in the midst of her prosperity.
  6. Jeremiah 15:10 By these are the Prophet’s words, complaining of the obstinacy of the people and that he was reserved to so wicked a time: wherein also he showeth what is the condition of God’s ministers, to wit, to have all the world against them, though they give none occasion.
  7. Jeremiah 15:10 Which is an occasion of contention and hatred.

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