Jeremiah 15

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1. 1Then the LORD said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, my mind would not be toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out."
2. 2When they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them this is what the LORD says: "Those marked for death will go to death. Those marked for the sword will go to the sword. Those marked for famine will go to famine. Those marked for captivity will go to captivity."
3. 3I will appoint four kinds of destruction over them," declares the LORD: "the sword to kill, dogs to tear, birds of the sky, and wild animals to devour and destroy.
4. 4I will cause them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
5. 5Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will bemoan you? Who will turn aside to ask how you are doing?
6. 6"You have abandoned me," says the LORD. "You have turned back. Therefore I will stretch out my hand against you and destroy you. I am tired of relenting."
7. 7I will scatter them like chaff at the gates of the land. I will take their children from them. I will destroy my people because they refuse to turn from their ways.
8. 8Their widows have become more numerous than the sand of the seas. I have brought a destroyer against the mother of the young men at midday, causing him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
9. 9"The mother who bore 7 sons grows faint — she breathes her last. Her sun has set while it's still daytime. She is left in shame and disgrace. As for those who survive, I will hand them over to the sword before their enemies," declares the LORD.
10. 10Woe is me, my mother, that you gave birth to me, a man of strife and contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent money at interest nor have others lent to me at interest, yet everyone curses me.
11. 11The LORD said, 'Truly, it will be well with your remnant; truly, I will cause the enemy to treat you well in the time of disaster and in the time of affliction.'
12. 12Can iron break the northern iron and the steel?
13. 13"Your wealth and your treasures I will hand over as plunder — given away for nothing — because of all the sins you've committed throughout your land."
14. 14I will make you go with your enemies into a land you do not know, because a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it will burn against you.
15. 15LORD, you know everything. Remember me and visit me. Take vengeance on my persecutors. In your patience, do not take me away. You know that I have suffered insults for your sake.
16. 16When your words came to me, I devoured them. Your words filled my heart with joy and delight, because I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.
17. 17I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of your hand, for you had filled me with indignation.
18. 18Why does my pain never end, and my wound refuse to heal? Will you be to me like a liar, like waters that fail?
19. 19Therefore this is what the LORD says: "If you return, then I will bring you back, and you will stand before me. And if you take out the precious from the worthless, you will be as my mouth. Let them return to you, but do not return to them."
20. 20"I will make you like a fortified wall of bronze to these people. They will fight against you, but they won't overcome you, because I am with you to rescue and deliver you," declares the LORD.
21. 21"I will rescue you from the grip of the wicked and set you free from the clutches of the ruthless."