Jeremiah 15 · Verse 14

Jeremiah 15:14

And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
Jeremiah 15:14, King James Version

Jeremiah 15:14 in other translations

BSBThen I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
WEBI will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn on you.”
ASVAnd I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
YLTAnd I have caused thine enemies To pass over into the land--Thou hast not known, For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, Against you it doth burn.
DARBYand I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger; it shall burn upon you.
BBEThey will go away with your haters into a land which is strange to you: for my wrath is on fire with a flame which will be burning on you.
WebsterAnd I will make thee to pass with thy enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn upon you.

What does Jeremiah 15:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. thee--Maurer supplies "them," namely, "thy treasures." Eichorn, needlessly, from Syriac and the Septuagint, reads, "I will make thee to serve thine enemies"; a reading doubtless interpolated from Jr 17:4. fire--(De 32:22).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 15:10-14

Jeremiah met with much contempt and reproach, when they ought to have blessed him, and God for him. It is a great and sufficient support to the people of God, that however troublesome their way may be, it shall be well with them in their latter end. God turns to the people. Shall the most hardy and vigorous of their efforts be able to contend with the counsel of God, or with the army of the Chaldeans? Let them hear…

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Jeremiah 15:14 in the original Hebrew

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וְהַֽעֲבַרְתִּי֙ve.ha.'a.var.Tiand I will make to passH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaenemies yourH341
בְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzin a landH776
לֹ֣אlo'[which] notH3808
יָדָ֑עְתָּya.Da.'e.tayou have knownH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אֵ֛שׁ'esha fireH784
קָדְחָ֥הka.de.Chahit has been kindledH6919
בְאַפִּ֖יve.'a.Piin anger myH639
עֲלֵיכֶ֥ם'a.lei.Khemtowards youH5921
תּוּקָֽד\׃\ \סtu.Kadit will burnH3344

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 15:14

  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  • Jeremiah 16:13

    Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.

  • Jeremiah 17:4

    And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 28:36

    The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

  • Psalms 21:9

    Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

  • Deuteronomy 28:64

    And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

  • Isaiah 66:15-16

    For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

  • Jeremiah 4:4

    Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

  • Nahum 1:5-6

    The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

  • Jeremiah 14:18

    If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

  • Amos 5:27

    Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.

  • Jeremiah 15:4

    And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
pass.
4; 14:18; 16:13; 17:4; 52:27; Le 26:38,39; De 28:25,36,64; Am 5:27
a fire.
4:4; De 29:23; 32:22; Ps 21:9; Isa 42:25; 66:15,16; Na 1:5,6
Heb 12:29

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Context

  • Jeremiah 15:13

    Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

  • Jeremiah 15:14

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

  • Jeremiah 15:15

    O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

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Jeremiah 15:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y te haré pasar á tus enemigos en tierra que no conoces: porque fuego se ha encendido en mi furor, y arderá sobre vosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et je les ferai passer avec tes ennemis dans un pays que tu ne connais pas; car un feu est allumé dans ma colère, il brûlera contre vous.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde es deine Feinde bringen lassen in ein Land das du nicht kennst; denn ein Feuer ist entbrannt in meinem Zorn, über euch wird es brennen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et adducam inimicos tuos de terra quam nescis, quia ignis succensus est in furore meo: super vos ardebit.