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Jeremiah 15

Jer. 15:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whyr is my pain
k'eb (Hebrew #3511)
suffering (physical or mental), adversity
KJV usage: grief, pain, sorrow.
Pronounce: keh-abe'
Origin: from 3510
perpetual
netsach (Hebrew #5331)
or netsach {nay'-tsakh}; from 5329; properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view); --alway(-s), constantly, end, (+ n-)ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.
Pronounce: neh'-tsakh
, and my wound
makkah (Hebrew #4347)
(plural only) from 5221; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
KJV usage: beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, X sore, stripe, stroke, wound((-ed)).
Pronounce: mak-kaw'
Origin: or (masculine) makkeh {muk-keh'}
incurable
'anash (Hebrew #605)
to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy
KJV usage: desperate(-ly wicked), incurable, sick, woeful.
Pronounce: aw-nash'
Origin: a primitive root
, which refuseth
ma'en (Hebrew #3985)
to refuse
KJV usage: refuse, X utterly.
Pronounce: maw-ane'
Origin: a primitive root
to be healed
rapha' (Hebrew #7495)
a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
KJV usage: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See 7503.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: or raphah {raw-faw'}
? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar
'akzab (Hebrew #391)
falsehood; by implication treachery
KJV usage: liar, lie.
Pronounce: ak-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
, and as waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
that ζfail
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
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Jer. 30:15• 15Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. (Jer. 30:15)
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be not sure.

Cross References

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my pain.
Jer. 14:19• 19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! (Jer. 14:19)
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Psa. 6:3• 3And my soul is greatly terrified;{HR}And thou, O Jehovah, how long? (Psa. 6:3)
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Psa. 13:1‑3• 1To the chief musician, a Psalm of David.{HR}Until when, O Jehovah? Wilt thou forget me forever?{HR}Until when wilt thou bide thy face from me?
 2Until when shall I lay up counsels in my soul, grief in my heart daily?{HR}Until when shall mine enemy be lifted up above me?
 3Behold, answer me, O Jehovah, my God;{HR}Enlighten mine eyes lest I sleep the [sleep of] death. (Psa. 13:1‑3)
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Lam. 3:1‑18• 1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
 2He hath led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
 3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
 4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
 5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
 6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
 7{i}He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.{HR}{/i}
 8{i}Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.{HR}{/i}
 9{i}He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.{/i}
 10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
 11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
 12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
 13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
 14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
 15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
 16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
 17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
 18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from Jehovah. (Lam. 3:1‑18)
my wound.
Jer. 30:12,15• 12For thus saith Jehovah, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
 15Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. (Jer. 30:12,15)
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Job 34:6• 6Against my right I shall lie.{HR}My wound [is] mortal, without transgression. (Job 34:6)
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Mic. 1:9• 9For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. (Mic. 1:9)
as a.
Jer. 1:18‑19• 18For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
 19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee. (Jer. 1:18‑19)
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Jer. 20:7• 7{i}Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me.{/i} (Jer. 20:7)
and as.
Jer. 14:3• 3{i}And their nobles send their little ones for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed, they are confounded, and have covered their heads.{/i} (Jer. 14:3)
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Job 6:15‑20• 15My brethren have deceived as a torrent,{HR}As the bed of torrents which overflow.
 16Turbid are they from ice;{HR}The snow hideth itself in them:
 17What time heat cometh, they are cut off;{HR}When it is hot, they are extinguished from their place.
 18Caravans turn aside out of their way,{HR}They go up into the waste, and vanish.
 19The caravans of Tema looked,{HR}The companies of Sheba hoped for them;
 20They were put to shame because one trusted,{HR}They came up to it, and became red with shame. (Job 6:15‑20)
fail.
Heb. be not sure.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous spring, as waters that fail?

W. Kelly Translation

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Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous spring, as waters that fail?

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)