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Jeremiah’s Lament and Yahweh’s Response

10 Woe to me, O my mother, that you gave birth to me,
    a man of contention and quarreling to the whole land.[a]
I have not lent out and I have not borrowed.[b]
    All of them are cursing me.

11 Yahweh said,

Surely[c] I will set you free to be good[d] for you,
    surely[e] I will cause the enemy to intercede with you
in a time of trouble,
    and in a time of distress.
12 Can anyone break iron,
    iron from the north, or bronze?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:10 Literally “to all of the land”
  2. Jeremiah 15:10 Literally “not they have lent out for me”
  3. Jeremiah 15:11 Literally “If not”
  4. Jeremiah 15:11 Literally “for good”
  5. Jeremiah 15:11 Literally “if not”