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Jeremiah 15:5

"Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, or who will have sorrow for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Scofield Reference Index - Remnant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem?Who will show sympathy toward you?Who will turn asideto ask about your well-being?
Hebrew Names Version
For who will have pity on you, Yerushalayim? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
King James Version
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
English Standard Version
"Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, or who will grieve for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
New American Standard Bible
"Indeed, who will have pity on you, Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
New Century Version
"Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem? Who will be sad and cry for you? Who will go out of his way to ask how you are?
Amplified Bible
"For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
World English Bible
For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who shal then haue pitie vpon thee, O Ierusalem? or who shalbe sorie for thee? or who shal go to pray for thy peace?
Legacy Standard Bible
"Indeed, who will spare you, O Jerusalem,Or who will console you,Or who will turn aside to ask about your well‑being?
Berean Standard Bible
Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
Contemporary English Version
People of Jerusalem, who will feel sorry for you? Will anyone bother to ask if you are well?
Complete Jewish Bible
"Who will take pity on you, Yerushalayim? Who will grieve for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
Darby Translation
For who shall have pity upon thee, Jerusalem? and who shall bemoan thee? and who shall turn aside to ask after thy welfare?
Easy-to-Read Version
"No one will feel sorry for you, city of Jerusalem. No one will be sad and cry for you. No one will go out of their way to even ask how you are.
George Lamsa Translation
For who shall have pity upon you, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan you? or who shall go aside to inquire about your peace?
Good News Translation
The Lord says, "Who will pity you, people of Jerusalem, and who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to ask how you are?
Lexham English Bible
"For who will have compassion on you, O Jerusalem, or who will show sympathy to you, or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
Literal Translation
For who shall have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who shall weep over you? Or who shall turn aside to ask your welfare?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who shal then haue pite vpon the, o Ierusalem? Who shal be sory for the? Or who shal make intercession, to opteyne peace for the?
American Standard Version
For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?
Bible in Basic English
For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? and who will have sorrow for you? or who will go out of his way to see how you are?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? Or who shall bemoan thee? Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?
King James Version (1611)
For who shall haue pitie vpon thee, O Ierusalem? or who shall bemoane thee? or who shall goe aside to aske how thou doest?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee O Hierusalem? who shalbe sorie for thee? Or who shall make intercession to obtayne peace for thee?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Who will spare thee, O Jerusalem? and who will fear for thee? or who will turn back to ask for thy welfare?
English Revised Version
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi who schal haue merci on thee, Jerusalem, ethir who schal be sori for thee, ether who schal go to preie for thi pees?
Update Bible Version
For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
Webster's Bible Translation
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask concerning thy welfare?
New English Translation
The Lord cried out, "Who in the world will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to inquire about how you are doing?
New King James Version
"For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask how you are doing?
New Living Translation
"Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem? Who will weep for you? Who will even bother to ask how you are?
New Revised Standard
Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, or who will bemoan you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem? And who shall lament for thee? And who shall turn aside, to ask for thy welfare?
Douay-Rheims Bible
For who shall have pity on thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace?
Revised Standard Version
"Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, or who will bemoan you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
Young's Literal Translation
For who hath pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who doth bemoan for thee? And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare?
THE MESSAGE
"Who do you think will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem? Who do you think will waste tears on you? Who will bother to take the time to ask, ‘So, how are things going?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Indeed, who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

Contextual Overview

1 Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with these people. Send them away from Me and let them go! 2 And when they ask you, ‘Where should we go?' then tell them, ‘The Lord says, "Those who are to die, to death, and those who are to be killed by the sword, to the sword. Those who are to go hungry, to hunger, and those who are to be taken away as prisoners, to be taken away.' 3 I will set over them four kinds of destroyers," says the Lord: "The sword to kill, the dogs to take away, and the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to eat and destroy. 4 I will make them an object of much fear and hate among all the nations of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem. 5 "Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, or who will have sorrow for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your well-being? 6 You have turned away from Me," says the Lord. "You keep going back into sin. So I will put out My hand against you and destroy you. I am tired of having pity on you! 7 I will throw them to the wind like straw at the gates of the land. I will take their children from them. I will destroy My people. For they did not turn from their ways. 8 Their women whose husbands have died will be as many as the sand of the seas. At noon I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of young men. I will bring suffering and fear to them all at once. 9 She who gave birth to seven sons will become weak and die. Her sun will set while it is still day, and she will be put to shame. I will give the rest of them to the sword in front of those who hate them," says the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For who: Jeremiah 16:5, Jeremiah 21:7, Job 19:21, Psalms 69:20, Isaiah 51:19, Lamentations 1:12-16, Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 2:16, Nahum 3:7

how thou doest: Heb. of thy peace, Exodus 18:7, Judges 18:15, 1 Samuel 10:4, 1 Samuel 17:22, 1 Samuel 25:5, *marg.

Reciprocal: Hosea 3:4 - without a king

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation. I will bring good to you. I will make your name great, so you will be honored.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your family after you like the dust of the earth. So if anyone could number the dust of the earth, then he could number your children's children.
Genesis 15:7
God said to him, "I am the Lord Who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land for your own."
Genesis 15:8
And Abram said, "O Lord God, how may I know that it will be mine?"
Genesis 16:10
The angel of the Lord said to her, "I will give you so many people in your family through the years that they will be too many to number."
Genesis 22:17
I will bring good to you. I will add many to the number of your children and all who come after them, like the stars of the heavens and the sand beside the sea. They will take over the cities of those who hate them.
Genesis 26:4
I will make your children and all your children's children as many as the stars of heaven. I will give these lands to them.
Genesis 28:14
They will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread out to the west and the east and the north and the south. Good will come to all the families of the earth because of you and your children.
Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel, who were your servants. You promised them by Yourself, saying, ‘I will make your children become as many as the stars of the heavens. And I will give all this land I have spoken about to your children. It will be theirs forever.'"
Deuteronomy 1:10
The Lord your God has made you become many people. Now you are as many as the stars of heaven.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem?.... The inhabitants of it; their sins being so many, and so heinous, and so aggravated, and so deserving of punishment, that none could pity their case, or have a heart of compassion towards them, or even spare reproaching them: or "who shall bemoan thee?" sympathize and condole with thee, or speak a comfortable word to thee, or seek to alleviate thy grief and sorrow: or "who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?" or "of thy peace?" c shall not think it worth their while to go a step out of their way, or turn into a house, and inquire of thy welfare, or salute thee.

c לשאול לשלום לך "ad petendum [de] pace tua", Pagninus; "ad interrogandum te de paca tua", Piscator; "[sive] prosperitate tua", Junius & Tremellius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 15:5. Who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? — Perhaps there is not a more despised nor a more degraded people under the sun. Scarcely any one thinks himself called upon to do a kind office for a Jew. Their character is bad in society, and they are not at all solicitous to redeem it.


 
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