Jeremiah 15:5

15:5 The Lord cried out, 1 

“Who in the world 2  will have pity on you, Jerusalem?

Who will grieve over you?

Who will stop long enough 3 

to inquire about how you are doing? 4 

1 tn The words “The Lord cried out” are not in the text. However, they are necessary to show the shift in address between speaking to Jeremiah in vv. 1-4 about the people and addressing Jerusalem in vv. 5-6 and the shift back to the address to Jeremiah in vv. 7-9. The words “oracle of the Lord” are, moreover, found at the beginning of v. 6.

2 tn The words, “in the world” are not in the text but are the translator’s way of trying to indicate that this rhetorical question expects a negative answer.

3 tn Heb “turn aside.”

4 tn Or “about your well-being”; Heb “about your welfare” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).