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Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. I will put the survivors to the sword before their enemies,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> The mother of seven grows faint and gasps for breath; her sun has gone down while it is still day. She sits childless now, disgraced and humiliated. And I will hand over those who are left to be killed by the enemy. I, the LORD, have spoken!” <a href="/esv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> She who bore seven has grown feeble; she has fainted away; her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares the LORD.” <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15.htm">King James Bible</a> She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/15.htm">New King James Version</a> “She languishes who has borne seven; She has breathed her last; Her sun has gone down While it was yet day; She has been ashamed and confounded. And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword Before their enemies,” says the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “She who gave birth to seven sons withers away; Her breathing is labored. Her sun has set while it was still day; She has been shamed and humiliated. So I will turn over their survivors to the sword Before their enemies,” declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220She who bore seven sons pines away; Her breathing is labored. Her sun has set while it was yet day; She has been shamed and humiliated. So I will give over their survivors to the sword Before their enemies,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “She who bore seven sons pines away; Her breathing is labored. Her sun has set while it was yet day; She has been shamed and humiliated. So I shall give over their survivors to the sword Before their enemies,” declares the LORD. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> She who bore seven sons languishes; Her breathing is labored. Her sun has set while it was yet day; She has been shamed and humiliated. So I will give over their survivors to the sword Before their enemies,” declares Yahweh. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “She who has borne seven [sons] languishes; She has breathed out her soul. Her sun has set while it was still day; She has been shamed and humiliated. So I will hand over [the rest of] the survivors to the sword Before their enemies,” says the LORD. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The mother of seven grew faint; she breathed her last breath. Her sun set while it was still day; she was ashamed and humiliated. The rest of them I will give over to the sword in the presence of their enemies.” This is the LORD’s declaration. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The mother of seven grew faint; she breathed her last breath. Her sun set while it was still day; she was ashamed and humiliated. The rest of them I will give over to the sword in the presence of their enemies.&#8221 This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> She that hath borne seven languisheth; she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she hath been put to shame and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> A mother is in deep despair and struggles for breath. Her daylight has turned to darkness--she has suffered the loss of her seven sons. I will kill anyone who survives. I, the LORD, have spoken. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> She that hath borne seven languisheth; she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A mother who gives birth to seven sons will grow faint and breathe her last. She will die, ashamed and humiliated, while it is still daylight. I will put survivors from these people to death in the presence of their enemies," declares the LORD. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> The mother who lost her seven children has fainted, gasping for breath. Her daylight has turned to darkness; she is disgraced and sick at heart. I will let your enemies kill those of you who are still alive. I, the LORD, have spoken." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> "The woman who gave birth to seven will grow faint, her life will expire. Her sun will set while it's still day. She will be disgraced and humiliated. I'll kill the rest of them with swords in the presence of their enemies," declares the LORD. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,? declares the LORD. <a href="/net/jeremiah/15.htm">NET Bible</a> The mother who had seven children will grow faint. All the breath will go out of her. Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life. It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day. She will suffer shame and humiliation. I will cause any of them who are still left alive to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies," says the LORD. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> She who has borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she has been disappointed and confounded: and their residue will I deliver to the sword before their enemies," says the LORD. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath resigned her breath; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. <a href="/web/jeremiah/15.htm">World English Bible</a> She who has borne seven languishes. She has given up the spirit. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. She has been disappointed and confounded. I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> The bearer of seven has languished, "" She has breathed out her spirit, "" Her sun has gone in while yet day, "" It has been ashamed and confounded, "" And I give up their remnant to the sword before their enemies,” "" A declaration of YHWH. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Languished hath the bearer of seven, She hath breathed out her spirit, Gone in hath her sun while yet day, It hath been ashamed and confounded, And their residue to the sword I give up before their enemies, An affirmation of Jehovah. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> She bringing forth seven, languished: she breathed out her soul; her sun went down in the midst of the day: she was ashamed and blushed: and their remainder I will give to the sword before their enemies, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> She who gave birth to seven has become weak. Her life has faded away. Her sun has set while it was still daytime. She has been confounded and shamed. And the remainder of them I will give over to the sword in the sight of their enemies, says the Lord.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Bible</a> The mother of seven faints away, breathing out her life; Her sun sets in full day, she is ashamed, abashed. Their survivors I will give to the sword in the presence of their enemies—oracle of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> She who bore seven has languished; she has swooned away; her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> She who has borne seven children languishes; her pride is gone; her sun has gone down while it was yet day; she has been ashamed and confounded; and the rest of them I will deliver to the sword before their enemies, says the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> She who gives birth to seven, howls. Her belly has opened, her sun has set at midday. She was ashamed and she blushed. The rest of them I shall finish with the sword before their enemies, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> She that hath borne seven languisheth; Her spirit droopeth; Her sun is gone down while it was yet day, She is ashamed and confounded; And the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, Saith the LORD.' <a href="/sep/jeremiah/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> She that bore seven is spent; her soul has fainted under trouble; her sun is gone down while it is yet noon; she is ashamed and disgraced: I will give the remnant of them to the sword before their enemies. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4550" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Judgment to Continue</a> …8I 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. 9<a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: yō·le·ḏeṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">The mother</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: haš·šiḇ·‘āh (Art:: Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">of seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/535.htm" title="535: ’um·lə·lāh (V-Pual-Perf-3fs) -- To be weak, languish. A primitive root; to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn.">will grow faint;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5301.htm" title="5301: nā·p̄ə·ḥāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To breathe, blow. A primitive root; to puff, in various applications.">she will breathe</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">her last breath.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: šim·šāh (N-csc:: 3fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement.">Her sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bå̄·ʾå̄h (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">will set</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: bə·‘ōḏ (Prep-b:: Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">while it is still</a> <a href="/hebrew/3119.htm" title="3119: yō·w·mām (Adv) -- Daytime, by day. From yowm; daily.">day;</a> <a href="/hebrew/954.htm" title="954: bō·wō·šāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To be ashamed. A primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. By implication to be ashamed; also to be disappointed or delayed.">she will be disgraced</a> <a href="/hebrew/2659.htm" title="2659: wə·ḥā·p̄ê·rāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- A primitive root: to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach.">and humiliated.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7611.htm" title="7611: ū·šə·’ê·rî·ṯām (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Rest, residue, remnant, remainder. From sha'ar; a remainder or residual portion.">And the rest</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ’et·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will put</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: la·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">to the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">in the presence</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: ’ō·yə·ḇê·hem (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3mp) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">of their enemies,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Isaiah 13:8</a> Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Lamentations 2:11</a> My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. <a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9-10</a> And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime. / I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day. <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a> Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a> That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Ezekiel 7:18</a> They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved. <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8-9</a> Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. / For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself. <a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Isaiah 47:9</a> These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells. <a href="/1_samuel/4-19.htm">1 Samuel 4:19-21</a> Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her. / As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed. / And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed. <a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17-18</a> As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD. / We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world. <a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a> How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! <a href="/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29</a> Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’ <a href="/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17</a> How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! <a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Revelation 6:12</a> And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a> While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.she that hath.<a href="/1_samuel/2-5.htm">1 Samuel 2:5</a> They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.<a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Isaiah 47:9</a> But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.<a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Lamentations 1:1</a> How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!her sun.<a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9,10</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: … and the.<a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2,3</a> And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith 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… <a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Jeremiah 44:27</a> Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.<a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Ezekiel 5:12</a> A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-19.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-4.htm">Ghost</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Languishes</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-19.htm">Pines</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Residue</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-43.htm">Resigned</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-26.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-2.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/17-13.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-13.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Ghost</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-25.htm">Languishes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Pines</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-8.htm">Residue</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Resigned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-14.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-1.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 15</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the people.</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Jeremiah, complaining of their spite, receives a promise for himself;</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/15-12.htm">and a threatening for them.</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">He prays;</a> 19. <a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">and receives a gracious promise.</a> </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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The mother of seven will grow faint; In ancient Israel, having many children, especially sons, was considered a blessing and a sign of God's favor (<a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3-5</a>). The "mother of seven" symbolizes completeness and abundance. However, her growing faint indicates a reversal of fortune, suggesting judgment and calamity. This imagery reflects the dire consequences of Israel's disobedience and the impending judgment upon the nation.she will breathe her last breath. This phrase signifies death and the end of life. It underscores the severity of the judgment that is to come. The imagery of a mother, a life-giver, breathing her last breath, highlights the totality of the devastation that will befall the people. It serves as a metaphor for the nation's demise due to their unfaithfulness to God.Her sun will set while it is still day; The setting of the sun while it is still day symbolizes untimely disaster and unexpected calamity. In biblical literature, light often represents life and blessing, while darkness signifies judgment and death (<a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9</a>). This phrase indicates that the judgment will come suddenly and prematurely, cutting off the people in their prime.she will be disgraced and humiliated. Disgrace and humiliation were severe consequences in the honor-shame culture of the ancient Near East. This phrase indicates the loss of status and respect, both personally and nationally. It reflects the shame that comes from being defeated and exiled, as Israel would experience at the hands of their enemies.And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” This phrase indicates the completeness of the judgment. The sword is a common biblical symbol for war and destruction (<a href="/ezekiel/21-3.htm">Ezekiel 21:3-5</a>). The presence of enemies suggests that the judgment will be public and witnessed by those who oppose Israel, adding to the nation's shame and suffering.declares the LORD. This phrase emphasizes the authority and certainty of the message. It is a divine pronouncement, underscoring that the judgment is not merely a natural consequence but a direct act of God in response to the people's covenant unfaithfulness. The use of "declares the LORD" affirms the prophetic nature of the message, ensuring its fulfillment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Judah, warning them of impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_mother_of_seven.htm">The Mother of Seven</a> A symbolic figure representing the nation of Judah or Jerusalem, often seen as a mother to its people. The number seven signifies completeness or perfection in Hebrew culture. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_remnant.htm">The Remnant</a> Refers to the remaining people of Judah who will face destruction or exile due to their disobedience. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_sword.htm">The Sword</a> Symbolizes the impending judgment and destruction that will come upon the people through warfare and conquest by their enemies. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is both just and merciful, executing judgment while also offering hope for repentance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> God's judgment is a direct result of persistent disobedience and unfaithfulness. The imagery of the mother of seven growing faint serves as a stark warning of the consequences of turning away from God. <a href="/topical/t/the_suddenness_of_judgment.htm">The Suddenness of Judgment</a> The sun setting while it is still day illustrates the unexpected and swift nature of God's judgment. Believers are reminded to live in readiness and obedience. <a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a> Even in the declaration of judgment, there is an implicit call to repentance. God's desire is for His people to turn back to Him and avoid the impending consequences. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_remnant.htm">The Role of the Remnant</a> The concept of a remnant highlights God's faithfulness to His covenant promises. Despite judgment, God preserves a remnant, offering hope for future restoration. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a> The disgrace and humiliation mentioned serve as a reminder of the need for humility before God. Pride and self-reliance lead to downfall, while humility opens the door to God's grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 15</a> <a href="/q/archaeological_proof_of_jeremiah_15_2_events.htm">Given Jeremiah 15:2's mention of mass judgments--sword, famine, captivity--is there any archaeological evidence supporting such large-scale devastation?</a> <a href="/q/can_jer._9_15's_'wormwood'_be_historical.htm">Jeremiah 9:15 mentions God giving 'wormwood' and 'poisoned water' as judgment--can this be reconciled with known scientific or historical data?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_false_prophets.htm">Jeremiah 14:13-16: If God is omniscient and just, why allow false prophets to deceive so many without immediate correction?</a> <a href="/q/jesus'_role_in_each_bible_book.htm">What defines the Messianic Age?</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>(9) She that hath borne seven.--In the picture of the previous verse the glory of the mother was found in the valour of her son, here in the number of her children. "Seven," as the perfect number, represented, as in <a href="/1_samuel/2-5.htm" title="They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren has born seven; and she that has many children is waxed feeble.">1Samuel 2:5</a>, <a href="/ruth/4-15.htm" title="And he shall be to you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age: for your daughter in law, which loves you, which is better to you than seven sons, has born him.">Ruth 4:15</a>, the typical completeness of the family.Her sun is gone down while it was yet day.--The image of this eclipse of all joy and brightness may possibly have been suggested by the actual eclipse of the sun (total in Palestine), Sept. 30; B.C. 610, the year of the battle of Megiddo, just as the earthquake in the reign of Uzziah suggested much of the imagery of Isaiah and Amos (<a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm" title="And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he rises to shake terribly the earth.">Isaiah 2:19</a>; <a href="/context/amos/1-1.htm" title="The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.">Amos 1:1-2</a>; <a href="/amos/4-11.htm" title="I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD.">Amos 4:11</a>; <a href="/zechariah/14-5.htm" title="And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal: yes, you shall flee, like as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with you.">Zechariah 14:5</a>). A like image meets us in <a href="/amos/8-9.htm" title="And it shall come to pass in that day, said the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:">Amos 8:9</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - That hath borne seven; a proverbial expression (comp. <a href="/1_samuel/2-5.htm">1 Samuel 2:5</a>; <a href="/ruth/4-15.htm">Ruth 4:15</a>). Her sun is gone down, etc. The figure is that of an eclipse (comp. <a href="/amos/9-9.htm">Amos 9:9</a>). She hath been ashamed, etc.; rather, she ashamed, etc. Ewald supposes the sun, which is sometimes feminine in Hebrew, to be the subject (comp. <a href="/isaiah/24-23.htm">Isaiah 24:23</a>); but the view of the Authorized Version is more probable. The shame of childlessness is repeatedly referred to (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/1-12.htm">Jeremiah 1:12</a>; <a href="/isaiah/54-4.htm">Isaiah 54:4</a>; <a href="/genesis/16-4.htm">Genesis 16:4</a>; <a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Genesis 30:1, 23</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The mother יֹלֶ֣דֶת (yō·le·ḏeṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage of seven הַשִּׁבְעָ֗ה (haš·šiḇ·‘āh) Article | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number will grow faint; אֻמְלְלָ֞ה (’um·lə·lāh) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_535.htm">Strong's 535: </a> To droop, to be sick, to mourn she will breath נָפְחָ֥ה (nā·p̄ə·ḥāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5301.htm">Strong's 5301: </a> To breathe, blow her last breath. נַפְשָׁ֛הּ (nap̄·šāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Her sun שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּ (šim·šāh) Noun - common singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8121.htm">Strong's 8121: </a> The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement will set בָּ֥א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go while it was still בְּעֹ֥ד (bə·‘ōḏ) Preposition-b | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more day; יוֹמָ֖ם (yō·w·mām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3119.htm">Strong's 3119: </a> Daytime, by day she will be disgraced בּ֣וֹשָׁה (bō·wō·šāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_954.htm">Strong's 954: </a> To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed and humiliated. וְחָפֵ֑רָה (wə·ḥā·p̄ê·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2659.htm">Strong's 2659: </a> To blush, to be ashamed, disappointed, to shame, reproach And the rest וּשְׁאֵֽרִיתָ֗ם (ū·šə·’ê·rî·ṯām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7611.htm">Strong's 7611: </a> Rest, residue, remnant, remainder I will put אֶתֵּ֛ן (’et·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set to the sword לַחֶ֧רֶב (la·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword in the presence לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face of their enemies,” אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם (’ō·yə·ḇê·hem) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> Hating, an adversary declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 15:9 She who has borne seven languishes (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/15-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:10" /></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>