Jeremiah 15:3

"It will happen when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “Such as are for death, to death; such as are for the sword, to the sword; such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”’"

Key Reflection

This passage underscores God's sovereignty over the fates of His people. It reveals that those He deems destined for death will face it, those marked by the sword will be slain, those enduring famine will suffer hunger, and those captured will be taken into slavery—each facing their appointed trials according to divine purpose.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Kinds -literally, as the margin, i. e., classes of things. The first is to destroy the living, the other three to mutilate and consume the dead. To tear -literally, “to drag along the ground.” It forcibly expresses the contumely to which the bodies of the slain will be exposed.

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