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Who will mourn for you? Who will stop to ask how you are?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem? Who will weep for you? Who will even bother to ask how you are?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, or who will grieve for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask how you are doing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Indeed, who will have pity on you, Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Indeed, who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Indeed, who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Indeed, who will spare you, O Jerusalem, Or who will console you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will show sympathy toward you? Who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will show sympathy toward you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />People of Jerusalem, who will feel sorry for you? Will anyone bother to ask if you are well? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />No one will take pity on you, Jerusalem. No one will mourn for you. No one will bother to ask how you are doing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, "Who will pity you, people of Jerusalem, and who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to ask how you are? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem, and who will grieve for you? Who will go out of his way to ask about your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD cried out, "Who in the world will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to inquire about how you are doing? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask concerning thy welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn you? Who will come to ask of your welfare? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For who has pity on you, O Jerusalem? And who bemoans for you? And who turns aside to ask of your welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For who hath pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who doth bemoan for thee? And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For who shall have compassion upon thee, O Jerusalem? and who shall bewail for thee? and who shall turn aside to ask for thy peace?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For who shall have pity on thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For who will take pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will feel sorrow for you? Or who will go to prayer for the sake of your peace?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Who will pity you, Jerusalem, who will grieve for you? Who will stop to ask about your welfare? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, or who will bemoan you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For who shall have pity upon you, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan you? or who shall go aside to inquire about your peace?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Who will show pity upon you, Jerusalem, and to whom will you sorrow for yourself, and who will turn aside to ask about your peace?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? Or who shall bemoan thee? Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Who will spare thee, O Jerusalem? and who will fear for thee? or who will turn back <i>to</i> <i>ask</i> for thy welfare?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4500" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Judgment to Continue</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî- (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/2550.htm" title="2550: yaḥ·mōl (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To spare. A primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare.">will have pity</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·la·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">O Jerusalem?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: ū·mî (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/5110.htm" title="5110: yā·nūḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to nod, i.e. Waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also, to console, deplore, or taunt.">will mourn</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">for you?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: ū·mî (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: yā·sūr (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">will turn aside</a> <a href="/hebrew/7592.htm" title="7592: liš·’ōl (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To ask, inquire. Or shael; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand.">to ask</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: lə·šā·lōm (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">about your welfare?</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">Lamentations 1:12</a></span><br />Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Isaiah 51:19</a></span><br />These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-7.htm">Nahum 3:7</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Isaiah 49:15</a></span><br />“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-16.htm">Ezekiel 24:16-18</a></span><br />“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow. / Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.” / So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Isaiah 14:31</a></span><br />Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Isaiah 27:11</a></span><br />When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11-13</a></span><br />Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you. / A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them. / And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Hosea 13:14</a></span><br />I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17-19</a></span><br />For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance / and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. / Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a></span><br />When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For who shall have pity on you, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan you? or who shall go aside to ask how you do?</p><p class="hdg">for who.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Jeremiah 16:5</a></b></br> For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, <i>even</i> lovingkindness and mercies.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/21-7.htm">Jeremiah 21:7</a></b></br> And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21</a></b></br> Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.</p><p class="hdg">how thou doest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/18-7.htm">Exodus 18:7</a></b></br> And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of <i>their</i> welfare; and they came into the tent.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/18-15.htm">Judges 18:15</a></b></br> And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, <i>even</i> unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/10-4.htm">1 Samuel 10:4</a></b></br> And they will salute thee, and give thee two <i>loaves</i> of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Bemoan</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-20.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-4.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-11.htm">Welfare</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Bemoan</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-19.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-40.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-7.htm">Welfare</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Jeremiah, complaining of their spite, receives a promise for himself;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-12.htm">and a threatening for them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">He prays;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">and receives a gracious promise.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The city is facing impending judgment due to its persistent sin and rebellion against God. Historically, Jerusalem was the center of Jewish worship and identity, yet it had turned away from God, leading to its desolation. The rhetorical question emphasizes the lack of compassion from surrounding nations, who often viewed Jerusalem as an adversary. This can be connected to <a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">Lamentations 1:12</a>, where Jerusalem laments its own suffering and the absence of comforters. The phrase also foreshadows the ultimate compassion found in Christ, who weeps over Jerusalem in <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41</a>, showing divine pity and love.<p><b>Who will mourn for you?</b><br>Mourning in ancient Israel was a significant cultural practice, often involving public displays of grief. The absence of mourners signifies complete abandonment and isolation. This reflects the severity of Jerusalem's situation, as even its allies and neighbors would not lament its downfall. The lack of mourning can be seen as a consequence of the city's own actions, having broken covenant with God and ignored prophetic warnings. This phrase echoes the sentiment found in <a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Isaiah 51:19</a>, where desolation and destruction leave none to console. It also points to the future mourning over the rejection of the Messiah, as seen in <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a>, where the inhabitants of Jerusalem will mourn for the one they pierced.<p><b>Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?</b><br>Turning aside implies a deliberate action to show concern or interest. In the context of Jeremiah, it highlights the complete neglect and disregard for Jerusalem's plight. This neglect is a result of the city's own spiritual adultery and idolatry, leading to its alienation from God and man. The phrase suggests a lack of intercessors or advocates, contrasting with the role of Christ as the ultimate intercessor who cares for the welfare of His people (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>). It also serves as a reminder of the importance of community and compassion, as seen in the parable of the Good Samaritan (<a href="/luke/10-33.htm">Luke 10:33</a>), where true neighborly love is demonstrated by those who turn aside to help the afflicted.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by deep personal struggle and opposition.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, central to Jewish identity and worship. At this time, it was facing impending judgment due to the people's persistent sin and rebellion against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The context of this verse is God's pronouncement of judgment on Jerusalem for its unfaithfulness. The city is personified as a forsaken entity, highlighting the severity of its situation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin leads to separation from God and others. Jerusalem's plight is a direct result of its persistent rebellion against God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>God desires repentance and a return to Him. The absence of comforters for Jerusalem underscores the need for genuine repentance to restore relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_amidst_judgment.htm">God's Faithfulness Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God remains faithful to His covenant. His ultimate goal is restoration, not destruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_compassion.htm">Empathy and Compassion</a></b><br>The rhetorical questions in the verse challenge us to consider our own responses to those in distress. Are we willing to show compassion and concern for others?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Jeremiah's role as a prophet was to speak truth, even when it was difficult. We are called to be faithful in delivering God's message, regardless of the response.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jeremiah_31_15_forced_in_matthew.htm">Does Jeremiah 31:15 ('Rachel weeping for her children') align historically with Matthew's account, or is it a forced connection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_nebuchadnezzar_care_about_jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah 39:11-14: Why would Nebuchadnezzar personally care about Jeremiah, and does this detail align with known Babylonian policies toward conquered prophets or officials?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_a_kind_god_allow_suffering.htm">How can a compassionate God allow such severe suffering as described in Lamentations 1:5?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_15_6-8_imply_total_judgment.htm">Why does Ezekiel 15:6-8 imply a total judgment on Jerusalem if other scriptures promise divine restoration?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">To ask how thou doest?</span>--This is a fair paraphrase of the original, but it wants the Oriental colouring of the more literal <span class= "ital">to ask after thy peace. </span>As "Peace be with thee" was the usual formula of salutation, sc.," Is it peace?" was the equivalent for our more prosaic question, "How do you do?" (<a href="/genesis/43-27.htm" title="And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?">Genesis 43:27</a>; <a href="/judges/18-15.htm" title="And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and saluted him.">Judges 18:15</a>). The same phrase meets us in <a href="/exodus/18-7.htm" title="And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.">Exodus 18:7</a>, "They asked each other of their welfare," literally, <span class= "ital">of their peace.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For who shall have pity</span>? or, <span class="accented">for who can have pity</span>, etc.? (the imperfect in its <span class="accented">potential</span> sense). The horror which will seize upon the spectators will effectually preclude pity. <span class="cmt_word">Who shall go aside</span>? As one turns aside to call at a house. So <a href="/genesis/19-2.htm">Genesis 19:2</a> (literally, <span class="accented">turn aside</span>, not "turn in"). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(mî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will have pity</span><br /><span class="heb">יַחְמֹ֤ל</span> <span class="translit">(yaḥ·mōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2550.htm">Strong's 2550: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commiserate, to spare</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on you,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֙יִךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·la·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O Jerusalem?</span><br /><span class="heb">יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will mourn</span><br /><span class="heb">יָנ֣וּד</span> <span class="translit">(yā·nūḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5110.htm">Strong's 5110: </a> </span><span class="str2">To nod, waver, to wander, flee, disappear, to console, deplore, taunt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for you?</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will turn aside</span><br /><span class="heb">יָס֔וּר</span> <span class="translit">(yā·sūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to ask</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁאֹ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(liš·’ōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7592.htm">Strong's 7592: </a> </span><span class="str2">To inquire, to request, to demand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">about your welfare?</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשָׁלֹ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šā·lōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> </span><span class="str2">Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Jeremiah 15:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/15-5.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 15:5 For who will have pity on you (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/15-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>