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Jeremiah 15:10

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 15:10

Verse 10 of 21

Scripture focus

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.

Jeremiah 15:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 15:10

Theological / Devotional

Woe is me. Contemplating the effects of his message the prophet suddenly senses that his mission, like that of Christ, is “not to send peace, but a sword” (Matt. 10:34).

Usury. See on Ex. 22:25. Both evasive debtors and exacting creditors were objects of cursing. Being neither borrower nor lender, Jeremiah seems deeply hurt by the fact that he was looked upon by all as “a man of strife and a man of contention.”

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