She that hath borne [a]seven, hath been made weak: her heart hath failed: the sun hath failed [b]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 [c]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 [d]lent on usury, nor men have lent unto me on usury: yet everyone doth curse me.

11 The Lord said, [e]Surely thy remnant shall have wealth: surely I will cause thine enemy to entreat thee in the time of trouble, and in the time of affliction.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:9 She that had many, lost all her children.
  2. Jeremiah 15:9 She was destroyed in the midst of her prosperity.
  3. 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.
  4. Jeremiah 15:10 Which is an occasion of contention and hatred.
  5. Jeremiah 15:11 In this perplexity the Lord comforted me, and said that my last days should be quiet: and by the enemy he meaneth here, Nebuzaradan the captain of Nebuchadnezzar, who gave Jeremiah the choice either to remain in his country, or to go whither he would: or by the enemy he meaneth the Jews, which should afterward know Jeremiah’s fidelity, and therefore favor him.

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