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Jeremiah 15:9

NETBible	The mother who had seven children¹ will grow faint. All the breath will go out of her.² Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life. It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day.³ She will suffer shame and humiliation.⁴ I will cause any of them who are still left alive to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies,”⁵ says the Lord.
NIV © biblegateway Jer 15:9	The mother of seven will grow faint and breathe her last. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. I will put the survivors to the sword before their enemies," declares the LORD.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 15:9	"She who bore seven sons pines away; Her breathing is labored. Her sun has set while it was yet day; She has been shamed and humiliated. So I will give over their survivors to the sword Before their enemies," declares the LORD.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 15:9	The mother of seven grows faint and gasps for breath; her sun has gone down while it is yet day. She sits childless now, disgraced and humiliated. And those who are left, I will hand over to the enemy to be killed," says the LORD.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 15:9	A mother of seven falls to the ground, gasping for breath, Robbed of her children in their prime. Her sun sets at high noon! Then I'll round up any of you that are left alive and see that you're killed by your enemies." GOD's Decree.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 15:9	The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 15:9	She who bore seven has languished; she has swooned away; her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, says the LORD.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 15:9	"She languishes who has borne seven; She has breathed her last; Her sun has gone down While it was yet day; She has been ashamed and confounded. And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword Before their enemies," says the LORD.
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KJV	She that hath borne <03205> (8802) seven <07651> languisheth <0535> (8797)_: she hath given up <05301> (8804) the ghost <05315>_; her sun <08121> is gone <0935> (8804) down while [it was] yet day <03119> (8676) <03117>_: she hath been ashamed <0954> (8804) and confounded <02659> (8804)_: and the residue <07611> of them will I deliver <05414> (8799) to the sword <02719> before <06440> their enemies <0341> (8802)_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 15:9	"She who bore <03205> seven <07651> sons pines <0535> away <0535> ; Her breathing <05301> is labored <05301> . Her sun <08121> has set <0935> while it was yet <05750> day <03119> ; She has been <0954> shamed <0954> and humiliated <02659> . So I will give <05414> over their survivors <07611> to the sword <02719> Before <06440> their enemies <0340> ," declares <05002> the LORD <03068> .
LXXM	ekenwyh <2758> V-API-3S h <3588> T-NSF tiktousa <5088> V-PAPNS epta <2033> N-NUI apekakhsen {V-AAI-3S} h <3588> T-NSF quch <5590> N-NSF authv <846> D-GSF epedu <1931> V-AAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM hliov <2246> N-NSM auth <846> D-DSF eti <2089> ADV mesoushv <3322> V-PAPGS thv <3588> T-GSF hmerav <2250> N-GSF kathscunyh <2617> V-API-3S kai <2532> CONJ wneidisyh <3679> V-API-3S touv <3588> T-APM kataloipouv <2645> A-APM autwn <846> D-GPM eiv <1519> PREP macairan <3162> N-ASF dwsw <1325> V-FAI-1S enantion <1726> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM ecyrwn <2190> N-GPM autwn <846> D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	The mother who had <03205> seven <07651> children <0535> will grow faint. All the breath <05301> will go out <0935> of her. Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life <05315> . It will seem as if the sun <08121> had set while it was still <05750> day <03119> . She will suffer shame <0954> and humiliation <02659> . I will cause <05414> any of them who are still left alive <07611> to be killed in war by the onslaughts <02719> of <06440> their enemies <0341> ,” says <05002> the Lord <03068> .
HEBREW	o hwhy <03068> Man <05002> Mhybya <0341> ynpl <06440> Nta <05414> brxl <02719> Mtyrasw <07611> hrpxw <02659> hswb <0954> Mmwy <03119> deb <05750> hsms <08121> *ab {hab} <0935> hspn <05315> hxpn <05301> hebsh <07651> tdly <03205> hllma (15:9) <0535>

NETBible

The mother who had seven children¹ will grow faint. All the breath will go out of her.² Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life. It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day.³ She will suffer shame and humiliation.⁴ I will cause any of them who are still left alive to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies,”⁵ says the Lord.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “who gave birth to seven.”

¹sn To have seven children was considered a blessing and a source of pride and honor (Ruth 4:15; 1 Sam 2:5).

²tn The meaning of this line is debated. Some understand this line to mean “she has breathed out her life” (cf., e.g., BDB 656 s.v. נָפַח and 656 s.v. ֶנפֶשׁ 1.c). However, as several commentaries have noted (e.g., W. McKane, Jeremiah [ICC], 1:341; J. Bright, Jeremiah [AB], 109) it makes little sense to talk about her suffering shame and embarrassment if she has breathed her last. Both the Greek and Latin versions understand “soul” not as the object but as the subject and the idea being one of fainting under despair. This idea seems likely in light of the parallelism. Bright suggests the phrase means either “she gasped out her breath” or “her throat gasped.” The former is more likely. One might also render “she fainted dead away,” but that idiom might not be familiar to all readers.

³tn Heb “Her sun went down while it was still day.”

³sn The sun was the source of light and hence has associations with life, prosperity, health, and blessing. The premature setting of the sun which brought these seems apropos as metaphor for the loss of her children which were not only a source of joy, help, and honor. Two references where “sun” is used figuratively, Ps 84:11 (84:12 HT) and Mal 4:2, may be helpful here.

⁴sn She has lost her position of honor and the source of her pride. For the concepts here see 1 Sam 2:5.

⁵tn Heb “I will deliver those of them that survive to the sword before their enemies.” The referent of “them” is ambiguous. Does it refer to the children of the widow (nearer context) or the people themselves (more remote context, v. 7)? Perhaps it was meant to include both. Verse seven spoke of the destruction of the people and the killing off of the children.