Jeremiah 15:5 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 15:5

Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

KJV

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֠י	ki	for	H3588 →
מִֽי־	mi-	who?	H4310 →
יַחְמֹ֤ל	yach.Mol	will he have compassion	H2550 →
עָלַ֙יִךְ֙	'a.La.yikh	on you	H5921 →
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	ye.Ru.sha.Lim	O Jerusalem	H3389 →
וּמִ֖י	u.Mi	and who?	H4310 →
יָנ֣וּד	ya.Nud	will he show sympathy	H5110 →
לָ֑ךְ	Lakh	to <the> you
וּמִ֣י	u.Mi	and who?	H4310 →
יָס֔וּר	ya.Sur	will he turn aside	H5493 →
לִשְׁאֹ֥ל	lish.'Ol	to ask	H7592 →
לְשָׁלֹ֖ם	le.sha.Lom	to welfare	H7965 →
לָֽךְ׃	Lakh	of <the> you

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 69:20
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
leads to
- Isaiah 63:5
  I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
- Job 16:2
  “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
- Psalms 142:4
  Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- Mark 14:50
  Then everyone deserted Him and fled.
Through
Jeremiah 21:7
‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon…
leads to
- Jeremiah 37:17
  Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the…
- 2 Kings 25:5–7
  but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
- Habakkuk 1:6–10
  For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
Through
Nahum 3:7
Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
leads to
- Isaiah 51:19
  These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?