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Jeremiah 15:14
Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Jeremiah to Judah, pronouncing judgment immediately after promising plunder for their sins (Jeremiah 15:13) and directly before Jeremiah’s personal plea for remembrance (Jeremiah 15:15).
The words — וְ/הַֽעֲבַרְתִּי (ve./ha.'a.var.Ti) literally means "and I will make to pass," indicating forced removal or enslavement. אֵ֛שׁ ('esh) means "a fire," which the text explicitly identifies as the instrument of God’s anger burning against the people.
The thread — The promise of exile to an unfamiliar land runs through Jeremiah 16:13 and Deuteronomy 28:36, while the declaration of God’s anger kindling a fire appears in Deuteronomy 32:22.
Why it lands — The passage states that covenant failure will trigger forced displacement and divine judgment, requiring the reader to acknowledge God’s absolute control over national fate and justice.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
- Jeremiah 16:13 So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
- Deuteronomy 28:36 The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
- Psalms 21:9 You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
- Jeremiah 17:4 And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
- Deuteronomy 28:64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Leviticus 26:38 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.
- Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 29:23 All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
- Isaiah 42:25 So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.