Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, and gone backward: therefore will I stretch out mine hand against thee, and destroy thee: for I [a]am weary with repenting.

And I will scatter them with the fan [b]in the gates of the earth: I have wasted, and destroyed my people, yet they would not return from their ways.

Their widows [c]are increased by me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them, and against the [d]assembly of the young men, a destroyer at noon day: I have caused him to fall upon them, and the city, suddenly and [e]speedily.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:6 That is, I will not call back my plagues or spare thee any more.
  2. Jeremiah 15:7 Meaning, the cities.
  3. Jeremiah 15:8 Because I had slain their husbands.
  4. Jeremiah 15:8 Or, mother.
  5. Jeremiah 15:8 Or, fearfully.

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