Jeremiah 15:14

Verse

Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

American Standard Version (1901)

And I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

Bible in Basic English

They will go away with your haters into a land which is strange to you: for my wrath is on fire with a flame which will be burning on you.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I will bring thy enemies out of a land, which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in my rage, it shall burn upon you.

Free Bible Version

Then I will have your enemies make you their slaves in an unfamiliar country, because I will so angry it will be like lighting a fire that will burn you up.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I wil make thee to go with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burne you.

King James (Authorized) Version

And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

Translation for Translators

I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not even know about, and force you to become their slaves. That will happen because I am extremely angry with you; my being angry is like [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

Then I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for a fire will ignite, kindled in my wrath against you.”

Noah Webster Bible

And I will make thee to pass with thy enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn upon you.

World English Bible

I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn on you.”

Young's Literal Translation

And I have caused thine enemies To pass over into the land — Thou hast not known, For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, Against you it doth burn.

Context

Jeremiah’s Woe

¹³Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders. ¹⁴Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

Summary

In this verse, Jeremiah expresses his frustration and despair as he faces rejection and persecution for delivering God's messages to the people. Despite his faithful service, he feels isolated and overwhelmed by the opposition he encounters. Jeremiah's emotional turmoil reflects the challenges and hardships that prophets often faced in delivering God's word. This verse serves as a reminder of the sacrifices and struggles that come with being a messenger of God, highlighting the need for perseverance and reliance on God's strength in the face of adversity.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

thee--MAURER supplies "them," namely, "thy treasures." EICHORN, needlessly, from Syriac and the Septuagint, reads, "I will make thee to serve thine enemies"; a reading doubtless interpolated from Jer 17:4. fire-- (Deu 32:22).

John Gill Bible Commentary

O Lord, thou knowest,.... All persons and things; he knew the prophet and his heart, and all that was in it; his innocence and integrity; all his afflictions, and what he met with from his enemies; and he knew them, and all their malicious designs against him: remember me; with the favour which he bore to his own people, his covenant with him, his promises to him, and the word on which he had caused him to hope; because of his trials and troubles, he might seem to be forgotten by him: and visit me; in mercy for good; and so the Targum adds, "that thou mayest do well unto me:'' and revenge me of my persecutors; not so much for his own sake; unless this is to be attributed to his frailty and infirmity, to the warmth of his spirit, being a man of like passions with others; for private revenge ought not to be sought by good men, but for the sake of God and his glory, in whose cause he was engaged, and on whose account he was persecuted: take me not away in thy longsuffering; while thou art bearing with others, do not take me away by death; or suffer them, whom thou dost forbear, to take me away, or give them an opportunity thereby so to do; or when thy longsuffering is at an end, do not involve me in the same calamity with them. The Targum is, "do not give delay to my injury;'' or, "length to my affliction;'' that is, do not delay to take vengeance on my persecutors; and to this sense Jarchi interprets it, "do not take my cause, and leave it to thy longsuffering, but hasten and avenge me;'' and De Dieu proposes such a rendering of the words, "to thy longsuffering do not bring me" (q); and which sense is favoured by the Septuagint version: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke; let it appear, and that even to mine enemies, that it is for thy sake that all this reproach is cast upon me; and all these afflictions are endured by me, by thy resentment of their carriage to me. (q) "ne ad longanimitatem tuam adduc me", De Dieu; "nec me capias ad dilationem irae tua", Gussetius.