{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/jeremiah/15","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T12:32:48.732Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":15,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":14,"nextChapter":16,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then said the LORD to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus said the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I will appoint over them four kinds, said the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For who shall have pity on you, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan you? or who shall go aside to ask how you do?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"You have forsaken me, said the LORD, you are gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary with repenting."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall on it suddenly, and terrors on the city."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"She that has borne seven languishes: she has given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she has been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, said the LORD."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them does curse me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The LORD said, Truly it shall be well with your remnant; truly I will cause the enemy to entreat you well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Your substance and your treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And I will make you to pass with your enemies into a land which you know not: for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your long-suffering: know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you be altogether to me as a liar, and as waters that fail?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Therefore thus said the LORD, If you return, then will I bring you again, and you shall stand before me: and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: let them return to you; but return not you to them."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And I will make you to this people a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, said the LORD."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 15 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 15](https://primebible.com/akjv/jeremiah/15)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/jeremiah/15 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}