Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Jeremiah 15

Jer 15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

Moses

Exo 32:11, 12; Psa 99:6.

Samuel

1Sa 7:9.

Jer 15:2 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.

Such as are for death, to death

Jer 43:11; Eze 5:2, 12; Zec 11:9.

Jer 15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

I will appoint over them

Lev 26:16.

Jer 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.

to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth

Deu 28:25; 2Ki 21:1-18; 23:26, 27; 24:3, 4.

Jer 15:5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

who shall bemoan thee?

Isa 51:19.

Jer 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.

I am weary

Hos 13:14.

repenting

Scofield Zechariah 8:14, note.

Jer 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.

they return not

Jer 5:3; Isa 9:13; Amo 4:10, 11.

Jer 15:9 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.

She that hath borne seven

1Sa 2:5.

Jer 15:11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

thy remnant

The Remnant, of whom Jeremiah was the representative, are carefully distinguished from the unbelieving mass of the people. The coming captivity, which they must share, for they too have sinned (Jer 15:13), though Jehovah's judgment upon the nation, will be but a purifying chastisement to them, and they receive a special promise (Jer 15:11). Jer 15:15-18 give the answer of the Remnant to Jer 15:11-14. Two things characterize the believing Remnant always—loyalty to the word of God, and separation from those who mock at that word (Jer 15:16, 17. Cf. Rev 3:8-10).

Jer 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.

into a land which thou knowest not

Jer 16:13; 17:4.

Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

I did eat them

Eze 3:1, 3; Rev 10:9, 10.

Jer 15:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

If thou return

Zec 3:7.

the precious from the vile

Eze 22:26; 44:23.

Jer 15:21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

I will deliver thee

Remnant. Jer 15:11-21; Jer 23:3-8. (Isa 1:9; Rom 11:5).

redeem

Scofield Exodus 14:30, note; Isaiah 59:20, note