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So I will reach out and destroy you; I am tired of holding back. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> You have abandoned me and turned your back on me,” says the LORD. “Therefore, I will raise my fist to destroy you. I am tired of always giving you another chance. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> You have rejected me, declares the LORD; you keep going backward, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you— I am weary of relenting. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15.htm">King James Bible</a> Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/15.htm">New King James Version</a> You have forsaken Me,” says the LORD, “You have gone backward. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am weary of relenting! <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “You who have forsaken Me,” declares the LORD, “You keep going backward. So I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am tired of relenting! <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You who have forsaken Me,&#8221 declares the LORD, &#8220You keep going backward. So I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am tired of relenting! <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “You who have forsaken Me,” declares the LORD, “You keep going backward. So I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am tired of relenting! <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You who have abandoned Me,” declares Yahweh, “You keep going backward. So I will stretch out My hand against you and bring you to ruin; I am tired of relenting! <a href="/amp/jeremiah/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “You have abandoned (rejected) Me,” says the LORD. “You keep going backward. Therefore I shall stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am tired of delaying [your punishment]! <a href="/csb/jeremiah/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You have left me.” This is the LORD’s declaration. “You have turned your back, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am tired of showing compassion. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You have left Me. This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. You have turned your back, so I have stretched out My hand against you and destroyed you. I am tired of showing compassion. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thou hast rejected me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> My people, you abandoned me and walked away. I am tired of showing mercy; that's why I'll destroy you <a href="/erv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thou hast rejected me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You have left me," declares the LORD. "You have turned your back on me. So I will use my power against you and destroy you. I'm tired of showing compassion to you. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> You people have rejected me; you have turned your backs on me. So I reached out and crushed you because I was tired of controlling my anger. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> You have deserted me," declares the LORD. "You keep going backward. I'll reach out my hand and destroy you. I'm tired of showing compassion. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/jeremiah/15.htm">NET Bible</a> I, the LORD, say: 'You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.' So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!" <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 'You have rejected me,' says the LORD, 'you have gone backward:' therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. <a href="/web/jeremiah/15.htm">World English Bible</a> You have rejected me,” says Yahweh. “You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary of showing compassion. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You have left Me,” "" A declaration of YHWH, "" “You go backward, "" And I stretch out My hand against you, "" And I destroy you, "" I have been weary of relenting, <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thou -- thou hast left Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Backward thou goest, And I stretch out My hand against thee, And I destroy thee, I have been weary of repenting, <a href="/slt/jeremiah/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thou didst reject me, says Jehovah; thou wilt go backward; and I will stretch forth my hand against thee, and I will destroy thee; I was weary of lamenting.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will destroy thee: I am weary of entreating thee. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You have abandoned me, says the Lord. You have gone backwards. And so, I will extend my hand over you, and I will destroy you. I have labored to plead with you. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Bible</a> It is you who have disowned me—oracle of the LORD— turned your back upon me; I stretched out my hand to destroy you, because I was weary of relenting. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You have rejected me, says the LORD, you are going backward; so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you— I am weary of relenting.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you are gone backward; therefore I will stretch out my hand against you and destroy you; and I shall not spare you again. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> You have forsaken me, says LORD JEHOVAH, and you went backward, and I shall lift my hand against you and I shall destroy you, and I shall not forgive them again<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thou hast cast Me off, saith the LORD, Thou art gone backward; Therefore do I stretch out My hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thou hast turned away from me, saith the Lord, thou wilt go back: therefore I will stretch out my hand, and will destroy thee, and will no more spare them. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/15-6.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=4510" 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> …5Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare? 6<a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at (Pro-2fs) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/5203.htm" title="5203: nā·ṭašt (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. Smite; by implication to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon.">have forsaken</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯî (DirObjM:: 1cs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">Me,</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> <a href="/hebrew/268.htm" title="268: ’ā·ḥō·wr (N-ms) -- The hind side, back part. Or achor; from Achiyra'; the hinder part; hence behind, backward; also the West.">You have turned your back.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: tê·lê·ḵî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: wā·’aṭ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">So I will stretch out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">My hand</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.">against you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: wā·’aš·ḥî·ṯêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 2fs) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">and I will destroy you;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3811.htm" title="3811: nil·’ê·ṯî (V-Nifal-Perf-1cs) -- To be weary or impatient. A primitive root; to tire; to be disgusted.">I am weary</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: hin·nā·ḥêm (V-Nifal-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">of showing compassion.</a> 7I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.…<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="/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7</a> My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them. <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a> Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2</a> All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a> But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a> Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-27</a> But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> 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! <a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a> But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” <a href="/isaiah/5-4.htm">Isaiah 5:4</a> What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit? <a href="/ezekiel/33-11.htm">Ezekiel 33:11</a> Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ <a href="/lamentations/3-42.htm">Lamentations 3:42</a> “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.” <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a> 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! <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a> You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.forsaken.<a href="/jeremiah/1-16.htm">Jeremiah 1:16</a> And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.<a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13,17,19</a> For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water… thou art.<a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a> But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.<a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Jeremiah 8:5</a> Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.<a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.stretch.<a href="/ezekiel/14-9.htm">Ezekiel 14:9</a> And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.<a href="/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7</a> Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.<a href="/zephaniah/1-4.htm">Zephaniah 1:4</a> I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;I am.<a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Jeremiah 6:11</a> Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.<a href="/jeremiah/20-9.htm">Jeremiah 20:9</a> Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.<a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Psalm 78:38-40</a> But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Backsliding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Backward</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Changing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-23.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Relenting</a> <a href="/luke/15-10.htm">Repenting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-12.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Weary</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/15-20.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Backsliding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Backward</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-13.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Changing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-20.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-11.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-21.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-22.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-24.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-16.htm">Relenting</a> <a href="/matthew/21-29.htm">Repenting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-39.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Thou</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-9.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-9.htm">Weary</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>You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. This phrase highlights the central issue of Israel's unfaithfulness to God. Throughout the Old Testament, Israel is depicted as God's chosen people, yet they repeatedly turn away from Him to follow other gods and practices. This forsaking is not just a physical turning away but a spiritual and covenantal breach. The declaration by the LORD emphasizes the seriousness of their actions, as it is God Himself who is speaking. This echoes the covenantal language found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are outlined based on Israel's obedience or disobedience.You have turned your back. Turning one's back is a vivid metaphor for rejection and betrayal. In the ancient Near Eastern context, turning one's back on a king or deity was a sign of disrespect and rebellion. This phrase indicates a deliberate choice by the people to reject God's ways and pursue their own desires. It is reminiscent of the actions of the Israelites in the wilderness, as described in <a href="/exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32</a>, when they created and worshiped the golden calf, turning away from the God who delivered them from Egypt.So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; The stretching out of God's hand is a common biblical motif for divine intervention, often in judgment. This phrase indicates a direct and active response from God to the people's unfaithfulness. The imagery of God's hand suggests power and authority, as seen in <a href="/exodus/7-5.htm">Exodus 7:5</a>, where God stretches out His hand against Egypt. The promise of destruction is a fulfillment of the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where God warns of the consequences of disobedience.I am weary of showing compassion. This phrase reveals the depth of God's patience and the extent to which it has been tested by Israel's persistent rebellion. The weariness of God is not a sign of weakness but an expression of His righteous judgment. It underscores the tension between God's justice and mercy, a theme prevalent throughout the prophetic books. This weariness is echoed in <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14</a>, where God expresses His exhaustion with the people's empty rituals. It also foreshadows the ultimate expression of God's compassion through Jesus Christ, who embodies both justice and mercy, offering redemption to all who turn back to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is speaking through the prophet Jeremiah. He expresses His weariness with the persistent rebellion of His people. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet through whom God delivers His message. Jeremiah is often called the "weeping prophet" due to his deep sorrow over the sins of his people and the coming judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the primary audience of Jeremiah's prophecies. They are being warned of impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness. 4. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a> The event that is foreshadowed by this prophecy, where Judah will be conquered and taken into exile as a consequence of their disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/r/repentance.htm">Repentance</a> Although not a person or place, the concept of repentance is central to this passage, as it highlights the people's failure to turn back to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_has_limits.htm">God's Patience Has Limits</a> While God is patient and longsuffering, persistent rebellion and unrepentance can lead to His judgment. We must not take His patience for granted. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> This passage serves as a reminder of the importance of turning back to God. Repentance is not just a one-time act but a continual posture of the heart. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_forsaking_god.htm">Consequences of Forsaking God</a> Turning away from God leads to spiritual and often physical consequences. We are called to remain faithful and obedient to His Word. <a href="/topical/g/god's_reluctance_to_punish.htm">God's Reluctance to Punish</a> The phrase "I am weary of relenting" shows that God does not delight in punishment. His desire is for His people to return to Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> Prophets like Jeremiah are sent to warn and guide God's people back to Him. We should heed the warnings and teachings found in Scripture.<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/how_to_reconcile_god's_changeability.htm">In Jeremiah 15:6, God says, “I am weary with relenting,” yet other scriptures present Him as unchanging (e.g., Malachi 3:6). How do we reconcile this apparent contradiction? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_fornication_and_adultery_differ.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on being woke?</a> <a href="/q/do_jer._15_3_punishments_conflict_with_god's_love.htm">The graphic punishments in Jeremiah 15:3 seem excessively harsh. Do they conflict with the concept of a just and loving God found elsewhere in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_god_forsake_yet_protect.htm">How does God's apparent forsaking of His inheritance (Jeremiah 12:7) fit with the Bible's broader claim of His unwavering protection?</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>(6) Thou hast forsaken me.--The Hebrew word has the stronger sense of rejecting or repudiating as well as simply leaving, and gives the reason for a like rejection on the part of Jehovah.I am weary with repenting.--The long-suffering of God is described, as before, in anthropomorphic language (comp. <a href="/1_samuel/15-35.htm" title="And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.">1Samuel 15:35</a>). He had "repented," i.e., changed His purpose of punishing, but patience was now exhausted, and justice was weary of the delay, and must take its course. Perhaps, however, I am weary of pitying or of relenting would be a better rendering.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Will I stretch; literally, I stretched - the perfect of prophetic certitude (so in next verse). I am weary with repenting; i.e. with recalling my (conditional) sentence of punishment (see on Jeremiah 18:1-10). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You אַ֣תְּ (’at) Pronoun - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you have forsaken נָטַ֥שְׁתְּ (nā·ṭašt) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5203.htm">Strong's 5203: </a> To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon Me, אֹתִ֛י (’ō·ṯî) Direct object marker | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD. יְהוָ֖ה (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 You have turned your back, אָח֣וֹר (’ā·ḥō·wr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_268.htm">Strong's 268: </a> The hinder part, behind, backward, the West so I have stretched out וָאַ֨ט (wā·’aṭ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend My hand יָדִ֤י (yā·ḏî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand against you עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ (‘ā·la·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against to destroy you; וָֽאַשְׁחִיתֵ֔ךְ (wā·’aš·ḥî·ṯêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> Perhaps to go to ruin I am weary נִלְאֵ֖יתִי (nil·’ê·ṯî) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3811.htm">Strong's 3811: </a> To tire, to be, disgusted of showing compassion. הִנָּחֵֽם׃ (hin·nā·ḥêm) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 15:6 You have rejected me says Yahweh you (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/15-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:7" /></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>