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Jeremiah 15:10

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jeremiah speaks to God, recording his despair over the universal hostility his prophetic office has generated.

The words — The text states אֽוֹי־ ('o-) as "woe!" and רִ֛יב (riv) as "strife," directly naming the prophet’s complaint about his birth and vocation.

The thread — The passage parallels Job 3:1 and Psalm 120:5 in its cry of woe over hostile circumstances, while standing in tension with Luke 6:22.

Why it lands — The verse records the prophet’s explicit claim that he incurses without having provoked them through debt or transaction, immediately preceding God’s promise of deliverance.

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The Hebrew words

אֽוֹי־'o-woe!לִ֣יl/ito <the>/ meאִמִּ֔י'i.M/iO mother/ myכִּ֣יkithatיְלִדְתִּ֗נִיye.lid.Ti./niyou gave birth to/ meאִ֥ישׁ'isha man ofרִ֛יבrivstrifeוְאִ֥ישׁve./'Ishand/ a man ofמָד֖וֹןma.Doncontentionלְכָל־le./kholto/ allהָאָ֑רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ landלֹֽא־lo'-notנָשִׁ֥יתִיna.Shi.tiI have lentוְלֹא־ve./lo'-and/ notנָֽשׁוּ־na.shu-people have lentבִ֖יv/ito/ meכֻּלֹּ֥הku.Lo/hall of/ himמְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ סme.ka.La.v./ni[are] cursing/ me

King James Version

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

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