Jeremiah 15:12-14

Contemporary English Version

The Enemy Cannot Be Defeated

The Lord told me to say:

¹²People of Judah,
just as you can't break iron
    mixed with bronze,
you can't defeat the enemies
that will attack
    from the north.
¹³I will give them
    everything you own,
because you have sinned
    everywhere in your country.
¹⁴My anger is a fire
    that cannot be put out,^[a]
so I will make you slaves
of your enemies
    in a foreign land.^[b]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

15.14 that cannot be put out: Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts “against you.”
15.14 I will make … land: Many Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts “I will make your enemies go through to a land you don't know about.”