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Jeremiah 15:12

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

11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

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

14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze?
KJV
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
WEB
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
ASV
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
DARBY
Will iron break? iron from the north? and bronze?
BLB
Can one break iron—iron from the north—and bronze?
ÅB
Kan vel jern brytes, jern fra Norden, og kobber?
OTB
“Kan noen bryte jern, jern fra nord, eller bronse?
B1930
Kan vel jern brytes, jern fra Norden, og kobber?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Habakkuk 1:5–10

    Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

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  • Job 40:9

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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  • Jeremiah 21:4–5

    Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

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  • Isaiah 45:9

    Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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  • Jeremiah 1:18–19

    For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

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  • Jeremiah 28:14

    For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

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