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Jeremiah 15:7 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 15 · verse 7
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.Jeremiah 15:7 · King James Version
Jeremiah 15:7 in context
5For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
6Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
7And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
8Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
9She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bereaveshâkôlproperly, to miscarryH7921 →
- destroyʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- gatesshaʻaran openingH8179 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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We scarcely find any where more pathetic expressions of divine wrath against a provoking people than we have here in these verses. The prophet had prayed earnestly for them, and found some among them to join with him; and yet not so much as a reprieve was gained, nor the least mitigation of the judgment;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9