Jeremiah 15:7-9
International Standard Version
7 I’ll winnow[a] them with a winnowing fork
in the gates of the land.
I’ll make them childless.
I’ll destroy my people,
for they didn’t change their ways.
8 I’ll make their[b] widows more numerous
than the sand of the sea.
At noontime I’ll send a destroyer
against the mother[c] of a young man.
I’ll cause terror and anguish
to come to her unexpectedly.
9 “The woman who gave birth to seven will grow faint,
her life will expire.
Her sun will set while it’s still day.
She will be disgraced and humiliated.
I’ll kill the rest of them with swords
in the presence of their enemies,”
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 15:7 Winnowing is the process of separating husks from the grain.
- Jeremiah 15:8 Lit. her
- Jeremiah 15:8 Lit. send against them
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