Jeremiah 15:8 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 15:8

I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

BSB

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ASV

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

KJV

Their 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.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas,.... Their husbands being slain; not in the times of Ahaz, when a hundred and twenty thousand men were slain in one day in Judah, by Pekah the son of Remaliah, 2Ch 28:6, as Kimchi thinks; but in the times of Zedekiah, at the siege of Jerusalem, and the taking of it, and in the Babylonish captivity before predicted.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

A dreadful slaughter is here described. First, The wives are deprived of their husbands: Their widows are increased above the sand of the seas, so numerous have they now grown. It was promised that the men of Israel (for those only were numbered) should be as the sand of the sea for multitude; but now they shall be all cut off, and their widows shall be so.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Translate, “I have brought upon them, even upon the mother of the young man, a spoiler etc.” The word rendered “young man” means a picked warrior. The mother has borne a valiant champion; but neither his prowess nor the numerous offspring of the other can avail to save those who gave them birth; war bereaves both alike. At noonday - i. e., unexpectedly, as armies used to rest at noon (see Jer 6:4 note). I have caused him ... - Rather, “I have brought suddenly upon her,” the mother of the young warrior, “anguish and terrors.”

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עָֽצְמוּ־	'a.tze.mu-	they are numerous	H6105 →
לִ֤י	li	to <the> me
אַלְמְנֹתָיו֙	'al.me.no.Tav	widows its	H490 →
מֵח֣וֹל	me.Chol	more than [the] sand of	H2344 →
יַמִּ֔ים	ya.Mim	[the] seas	H3220 →
הֵבֵ֨אתִי	he.Ve.ti	I have brought	H935 →
לָהֶ֥ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
אֵ֛ם	'em	a mother of	H517 →
בָּח֖וּר	ba.Chur	a young man	H970 →
שֹׁדֵ֣ד	sho.Ded	a destroyer	H7703 →
בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם	ba.tzo.ho.Ra.yim	at <the> noon<s>	H6672 →
הִפַּ֤לְתִּי	hi.Pal.ti	I have made fall	H5307 →
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙	'a.Lei.ha	on her	H5921 →
פִּתְאֹ֔ם	pit.'Om	suddenly	H6597 →
עִ֖יר	'ir	anguish	H5892 →
וּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃	u.ve.ha.Lot	and sudden terror	H928 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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.

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Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be…
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:7
  A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and…
- Habakkuk 1:8
  Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
- Ezekiel 22:27
  Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- Zephaniah 3:3
  Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
- Jeremiah 2:17
  Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
Through
Jeremiah 4:16
Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
leads to
- Ezekiel 21:22
  In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the…
- Jeremiah 5:15
  Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose…
Through
Luke 21:35
For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
leads to
- Revelation 16:15
  “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah