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Jeremiah 15:10

World English Bible

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife,
and a man of contention to the whole earth!
I have not lent, neither have men lent to me;
yet every one of them curses me.

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Jeremiah 15:10 in other translations

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 not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Jeremiah 15:10 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 15:10 in context

  1. 8Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas.
    I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday.
    I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
  2. 9She who has borne seven languishes.
    She has given up the spirit.
    Her sun has gone down while it was yet day.
    She has been disappointed and confounded.
    I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says Yahweh.
  3. 10Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife,
    and a man of contention to the whole earth!
    I have not lent, neither have men lent to me;
    yet every one of them curses me.
  4. 11Yahweh said,
    “Most certainly I will strengthen you for good.
    Most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil
    and in the time of affliction.
  5. 12Can one break iron,
    even iron from the north, and bronze?