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Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the people of Judah in a moment of acknowledged ruin, immediately following the declaration that no human pleader or remedy remains for their condition.
The words — The verse centers on מַכַּ֨ת (ma.Kat) = [the] blow of divine discipline and יִדְרֹשׁוּ (yid.Ro.shu) = they care for, establishing that former allies have ceased their pursuit because of the people's guilt.
The thread — This sequence of divine striking and abandoned alliances recurs in Jeremiah 5:6 and Lamentations 1:2, while the motif of God turning ruthlessly against the wicked appears in Job 30:21.
Why it lands — The text states that God’s harsh discipline replaces human comfort because of accumulated iniquity, demanding that readers acknowledge their own guilt as the direct cause of their isolation and unhealed wounds.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
Cross-references
- Job 30:21 You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
- Jeremiah 5:6 Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
- Lamentations 1:2 She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
- Jeremiah 22:20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.
- Job 19:11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
- Jeremiah 2:36 How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
- Jeremiah 4:30 And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
- Jeremiah 22:22 The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.
- Jeremiah 30:15 Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
- Job 13:24 Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?