Jeremiah 13-15 - Your words were found, and I ate them

The Ruined Belt

Jer 13:11 LSB – [11] 'For as the belt clings to the loins of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah cling to Me,' declares Yahweh, 'that they might be for Me a people, for a name, for praise, and for beauty; but they did not listen.'

The Magnitude of Israel’s Iniquity

Jer 13:14 LSB – [14] "I will shatter them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together," declares Yahweh. "I will not spare nor show pity nor have compassion so as not to ruin them."'"

Jer 13:23 LSB – [23] "Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? [Then] you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil.

Yahweh Will Not Listen to Their Cry

Jer 14:11-12 LSB – [11] So Yahweh said to me, "Do not pray for the good of this people. [12] "When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine, and pestilence."

Lying Prophets

Jer 14:17 LSB – [17] "And you will say this word to them, 'Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease, For the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered with a mighty shattering, With a sorely sick wound.

Yahweh Appoints Four Kinds of Doom

Jer 15:1 LSB – [1] Then Yahweh said to me, "Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My soul would not be with this people; send them away from My presence and let them go!

Jeremiah Pleads for Vengeance

Jer 15:16 LSB – 

[16] Your words were found, and I ate them, 

And Your words became for me joy and gladness in my heart, 

For I have been called by Your name, 

O Yahweh God of hosts.

Jer 15:18 LSB – [18] Why has my pain been perpetual And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive [stream] With water that is unreliable?

Yahweh’s Answer

Jer 15:19 LSB – [19] Therefore thus says Yahweh, "If you return, then I will cause you to return-- Before Me you will stand; And if you extract the precious from the worthless, You will become My mouthpiece. They for their part may turn to you, But as for you, you must not turn to them.

Jer 15:19 ESV – [19] Therefore thus says the LORD: "If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.