Jeremiah 15:8 KJV

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

Matthew Henry

  • The destruction of the wicked describedThe Lord declares that even Moses and Samuel must have pleaded in vain. The putting of this as a case, though they should stand before him, shows that they...

Thompson Chains

  • WidowsSee the chain from Ruth 1:3 · 7 links
  • Sudden DestructionLink 7 of 8 · next 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  • TerrorSee the chain from Leviticus 26:36 · 8 links

Parallel Passages

  • 1 Samuel 2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
  • Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
  • Jeremiah 22:7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Isaiah 3:25–4:1 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. …
  • Jeremiah 4:16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
  • Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
  • Jeremiah 6:4–5 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. …
  • Luke 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

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  • Their widows לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular אַלְמְנֹתָו ʾalmĕnōtāw אַלְמָנָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • are increased עָצְמוּ ʿāṣĕmû עָצַם Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
  • to me above the sand מֵחוֹל mēḥôl חוֹל Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
  • of the seas יַמִּים yammîm יָם Noun · masculine plural
  • I have brought הֵבֵאתִי hēbēʾtî בּוֹא Verb · hiphil perfect, first person common singular
  • upon them against the mother לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural עַל ʿal Preposition אֵם ʾēm אֵם Noun · feminine singular עָלֶיהָ ʿālêhā Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • of the young men בָּחוּר bāḥûr בָּחוּר Noun · masculine singular
  • a spoiler שֹׁדֵד šōdēd שָׁדַד Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
  • at noonday בַּצָּהֳרָיִם baṣṣāhŏrāyim צֹהַר Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
  • I have caused him to fall הִפַּלְתִּי hippaltî נָפַל Verb · hiphil perfect, first person common singular
  • upon it suddenly פִּתְאֹם pitʾōm פִּתְאוֹם Adverb
  • and terrors וּבֶהָלוֹת ûbehālôt בֶּהָלָה Noun · feminine plural · with and
  • upon the city עִיר ʿîr עִיר Noun · masculine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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