Jeremiah 30 · Verse 15

Jeremiah 30:15

Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Jeremiah 30:15, King James Version

Jeremiah 30:15 in other translations

BSBWhy do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
WEBWhy do you cry over your injury? Your pain is incurable. For the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.
ASVWhy criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
YLTWhat! --thou criest concerning thy breach! Incurable is thy pain, Because of the abundance of thy iniquity, Mighty have been thy sins! I have done these to thee.
DARBYWhy criest thou because of thy bruise? thy sorrow is incurable; for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins are manifold, I have done these things unto thee.
BBEWhy are you crying for help because of your wound? for your pain may never be taken away: because your evil-doing was so great and because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.
WebsterWhy criest thou for thy affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thy iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things to thee.

What does Jeremiah 30:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. Why criest thou--as if God's severity was excessive. Thou hast no reason to complain, for thine affliction is just. Thy cry is too late, for the time of repentance and mercy is past [Calvin].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Thy sorrow is incurable - אנוש anush, desperate. See Jer 30:12.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 30:12-17

When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long as we neglect the heavenly Advocate…

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Jeremiah 30:15 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.

מַה\־mah-why?H4100
תִּזְעַק֙tiz.'Akdo you cry outH2199
עַל\־'al-onH5921
שִׁבְרֵ֔ךְshiv.Rekhfracture yourH7667
אָנ֖וּשׁ'a.Nush[is] incurableH605
מַכְאֹבֵ֑ךְmakh.'o.Vekhpain yourH4341
עַ֣ל\׀'alonH5921
רֹ֣בro[the] greatness ofH7230
עֲוֹנֵ֗ךְ'a.vo.Nekhiniquity yourH5771
עָֽצְמוּ֙'a.tze.Muthey are numerousH6105
חַטֹּאתַ֔יִךְcha.to.Ta.yikhsins yourH2403
עָשִׂ֥יתִי'a.Si.tiI have doneH6213
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]H428
לָֽךְ\׃Lakhto <the> you

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 30:15

  • Jeremiah 30:14

    All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

  • Jeremiah 30:12

    For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

  • Lamentations 4:13

    For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

  • Ezekiel 20:1-49

    And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me. Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying, Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you. Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: …

  • Jeremiah 15:18

    Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

  • Job 34:29

    When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

  • Jeremiah 32:30-35

    For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the Lord. For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. …

  • Lamentations 3:39

    Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

  • Isaiah 1:4-5

    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. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

  • Micah 7:9

    I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

  • Jeremiah 46:11

    Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

  • Isaiah 59:12-15

    For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Why.
15:18; Jos 9:10,11; La 3:39; Mic 7:9
thy sorrows.
12,17; 46:11; Job 34:6,29; Isa 30:13,14; Ho 5:12,13; Mic 1:9
Mal 4:1,2
for the.
14; 2:19,28-30; 5:6-9,25-31; 6:6,7,13; 7:8-11; 9:1-9; 11:13
32:30-35; 2Ch 36:14-17; Ezr 9:6,7,13; Ne 9:26-36; Isa 1:4,5,21-24
Isa 5:2; 59:1-4,12-15; La 1:5; 4:13; 5:16,17; Eze 16:1-63; 20:1-49
Eze 22:1-23:49; Zep 3:1-5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 30:14

    All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

  • Jeremiah 30:15

    Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

  • Jeremiah 30:16

    Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

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Jeremiah 30:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Por qué gritas á causa de tu quebrantamiento? Desahuciado es tu dolor: porque por la grandeza de tu iniquidad, y por tus muchos pecados te he hecho esto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Pourquoi cries-tu à cause de ton brisement? Ta douleur est incurable; je t’ai fait ces choses à cause de la grandeur de ton iniquité, parce que tes péchés se sont renforcés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Was schreist du über deine Wunde, daß dein Schmerz unheilbar ist? Um der Größe deiner Ungerechtigkeit willen, weil deine Sünden zahlreich sind, habe ich dir solches getan.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quid clamas super contritione tua? insanabilis est dolor tuus: propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ, et propter dura peccata tua, feci hæc tibi.