Jeremiah 15:14
12 Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze?
13 Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
15 You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
16 Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
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
- Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn on you.”
- ASV
- And I will make [them] 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.
- DARBY
- and I will make [them] to pass with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger; it shall burn upon you.
- BLB
- And I will make [you] pass over with your enemies into a land that you do not know; for a fire is kindled in My anger that will burn against you⁺.”
- ÅB
- Så vil jeg la dine fiender dra over[^2] til et land som du ikke kjenner; for en ild er tent opp i min vrede, mot dere skal den brenne.
- OTB
- Jeg vil få dine fiender til å bære dine eiendeler inn i et land du ikke kjenner, for en ild er opptent i min vrede, og den vil brenne mot deg.”
- B1930
- Så vil jeg la dine fiender dra over til et land som du ikke kjenner; for en ild er optendt i min vrede, mot eder skal den brenne. / < med dine skatter. 5MO 32, 22.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
Read in contextJeremiah 16:13
So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
Read in contextJeremiah 17:4
And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:36
The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
Read in contextPsalms 21:9
You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:15–16
For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
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