Jeremiah 15 · Verse 7

Jeremiah 15:7

And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
Jeremiah 15:7, King James Version

Jeremiah 15:7 in other translations

BSBI 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.
WEBI have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They didn’t return from their ways.
ASVAnd I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they returned not from their ways.
YLTAnd I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land, I bereaved, I have destroyed My people, From their ways they turned not back.
DARBYAnd I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave of children and destroy my people: they have not returned from their ways.
BBEAnd I have sent a cleaning wind on them in the public places of the land; I have taken their children from them; I have given my people to destruction; they have not been turned from their ways.
WebsterAnd I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

What does Jeremiah 15:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. fan--tribulation--from tribulum, a threshing instrument, which separates the chaff from the wheat (Mt 3:12). gates of the land--that is, the extreme bounds of the land through which the entrance to and exit from it lie. Maurer translates, "I will fan," that is, cast them forth "to the gates of the land" (Na 3:13). "In the gates"; English Version draws the image from a man cleaning corn with a fan; he stands at the gate of the threshing-floor in the open air, to remove the wheat from the chaff by means of the wind; so God threatens to remove Israel out of the bounds of the land [Houbigant].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 I will fan them with a fan - There is no pure grain; all is chaff. In the gates of the land - The places of public justice: and there it shall be seen that the judgments that have fallen upon them have been highly merited. And from these places of fanning they shall go out into their captivity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 15:1-9

The destruction of the wicked described. (Jr 15:1-9) The prophet laments such messages, and is reproved. (Jr 15:10-14) He supplicates pardon, and is promised protection. (Jr 15:15-21) Verses 1-9 The Lord declares that even Moses and Samuel must have pleaded in vain. The putting of this as a case, though they should stand before him, shows that they do not, and that saints in heaven do not pray for saints on earth…

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Jeremiah 15:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֶזְרֵ֥םva.'ez.Remand I have winnowed themH2219
בְּמִזְרֶ֖הbe.miz.Rehwith a winnowing scoopH4214
בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣יbe.sha.'a.Reiin [the] gates ofH8179
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
שִׁכַּ֤לְתִּיshi.Kal.tiI have made childlessH7921
אִבַּ֙דְתִּי֙'i.Bad.tiI have destroyedH6
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַמִּ֔י'a.Mipeople myH5971
מִדַּרְכֵיהֶ֖םmi.dar.khei.Hemfrom ways theirH1870
לוֹא\־lo'-notH3808
שָֽׁבוּ\׃Sha.vuthey have turned awayH7725

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Cross references for Jeremiah 15:7

  • Matthew 3:12

    Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

  • Jeremiah 51:2

    And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

  • Isaiah 9:13

    For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

  • Isaiah 41:16

    Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Psalms 1:4

    The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

  • Jeremiah 8:4-5

    Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Deuteronomy 28:41

    Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

  • Zechariah 1:4

    Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 24:25

    Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

  • Hosea 9:12-17

    Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will fan.
4:11,12; 51:2; Ps 1:4; Isa 41:16; Mt 3:12
bereave.
9:21; 18:21; De 28:18,32,41,53-56; Ho 9:12-17
children. or, whatsoever is dear.
Eze 24:21,25
since.
5:3; 8:4,5; Isa 9:13; Am 4:10-12; Zec 1:4

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Context

  • Jeremiah 15:6

    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.

  • Jeremiah 15:7

    And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

  • Jeremiah 15:8

    Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

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Jeremiah 15:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aventélos con aventador hasta las puertas de la tierra; desahijé, desbaraté mi pueblo; no se tornaron de sus caminos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je les vannerai avec un van aux portes du pays; je priverai d’enfants et je ferai périr mon peuple: ils ne reviennent pas de leurs voies.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde sie mit der Worfschaufel zu den Toren des Landes hinausworfeln; ich werde mein Volk der Kinder berauben, es zu Grunde richten. Sie sind von ihren Wegen nicht umgekehrt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dispergam eos ventilabro in portis terræ: interfeci et disperdidi populum meum, et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi.