Jeremiah 15:7 Cross References - Thomson

⁷ but utterly disperse them. In the gates of My people they are bereaved of children; My people are destroyed because of their wickedness.

¹⁸ Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the products of thy land, thy herds and thy flocks.

³² thy sons, and thy daughters, will be given to another nation, and thine eyes will melt in looking at them; there will be no strength in thy hand.

⁴¹ thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but shalt not have them with thee; for they shall go into captivity.

⁵³ in thy siege, and in the affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee, thou shalt eat the offspring of thy body; the flesh of thy sons, and thy daughters, whom he gave thee. ⁵⁴ The tender, and very delicate man who is with thee, will look with an evil eye on his brother, and on the wife in his bosom, and the remaining children which may be left him, ⁵⁵ so as not to give one of them any of the flesh of his sons, which he may be eating, because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in that affliction of thine with which thine enemies will afflict thee, in all thy cities. ⁵⁶ And the tender, and very delicate woman among you, whose foot never ventured to tread the ground because of her delicateness, and effeminacy will look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and on her son, and her daughter,

⁴ Not so the wicked; not so. They are like the chaff, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.

¹³ The people did not turn till they were smitten; as they indeed did not seek the Lord;

¹⁶ and thou shalt winnow them; and a wind shall take them up, and a whirlwind shall sweep them away; but thou shalt be gladdened in the sanctuaries of Israel;

¹¹ [J] At that time let it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, there is a spirit of wandering in the wilderness. The way of the daughter of my people is not to purity nor to holiness. ¹² A spirit of execution shall come for me and I am now denouncing my judgments on them.

³ [p] Lord, thine eyes look for faithfulness. Thou hast chastised them: but they have not grieved. Thou hast consumed them and they would not receive instruction. They have made their faces harder than a rock and refused to return.

⁴ Thus saith the Lord, Doth not he who falleth rise again? Or doth not he who turneth aside, return back? ⁵ Why then hath this my people shamefully turned aside, and persisted in their error and refused to return?

²¹ For death is gone up through your windows: it is come into your land, to destroy infants at home and young men in the streets:

²¹ For this cause deliver up their sons to famine and give them up in multitudes to the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows; and the husbands be cut off by pestilence and their young men fall by the sword in battle.

² And against Babylon I will send scorners who will treat her with scorn and waste her land. Woe shall surround Babylon on all sides on the day of her affliction.

²¹ Say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the boast of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and for which your souls are moved with compassion; and your sons and your daughters whom you left shall fall by the sword:

²⁵ And with regard to thee son of man, will not this be the case? On the day when I take from them their strength; that which was their exultation and boast and the desire of their eyes and the pride of their soul; their sons and their daughters;

¹² For though they bring up their children, they shall be bereaved of them from among men: for [and alas for them! my flesh is of them] ¹³ Ephraim, as I have seen, have roused their children for a hunt; even Ephraim hath, that he may lead out his children to a fatal conflict. ¹⁴ Give them: [p] [O Lord what wilt thou give them?] [J]; A womb incapable of bearing children and dry breasts. ¹⁵ All their wickedness was occasioned by Galgal; because I hated them there on account of the wickedness of their devices, I will drive them out of my house; I will no longer continue to love them. All their chiefs are become rebellious. ¹⁶ Ephraim is in distress. His roots are withered. He shall no more produce fruit. For though they bring forth, I will slay the beloved fruit of the womb. ¹⁷ God will cast them off because they hearkened not to him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

¹⁰ I sent death among you by the way of Egypt, and slew your young men with the sword and gave up your horses to capture: and by your rage I involved your camps in fire. And when even for this you turned not to me, saith the Lord, ¹¹ I overthrew you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorra; and you became like a brand plucked out of fire. Now as even for this you have not turned to me, saith the Lord, ¹² therefore in this manner will I deal with thee, Israel. But because I will deal thus with thee, prepare, Israel, to invoke thy God:

⁴ And be not like your fathers to whom the former prophets called, saying, "Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked devices, " but they hearkened not, nor gave attention to listen to me, saith the Lord.

¹² His winnowing instrument is in his hand. He will thoroughly clean his floor, and gather his wheat for the granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."