Verš 1
And the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my soul would not be toward this people. Cast them away from my face, and let them depart!
Ez 14:14 - And if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver their own souls by their justice, says the Lord of hosts.
Ex 32:14 - And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.
1Sam 7:9 - Then Samuel took one suckling lamb, and he offered it whole, as a holocaust to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord on behalf of Israel, and the Lord heeded him.
Verš 2
And if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Those who go to death, shall go to death. And those who go to the sword, shall go to the sword, and those go to famine, shall go to famine, and those who go to captivity, shall go to captivity.
Za 11:9 - And I said: I will not pasture you. Whatever dies, let it die. And whatever is cut down, let it be cut down. And let the rest of them devour, each one the flesh of his neighbor.
Verš 3
And I will visit against them in four ways, says the Lord: by the sword, to kill; and by dogs, to tear apart; and by the birds of the air and by the beasts of the earth, to devour and to scatter.
Lv 26:16 - then I also will do these things to you. I will quickly visit you with destitution, and burning heat, which will waste away your eyes, and consume your lives. In vain will you sow your seed, which will be devoured by your enemies.
Jer 7:33 - And the corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the wild beasts of the land, and there will be no one to drive them away.
Verš 4
And I will give them over to the fervor of all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, because of all that he did in Jerusalem.
Dt 28:25 - May the Lord hand you over to fall before your enemies. May you go forth against them by one way, and flee by seven ways, and may you be scattered across all the kingdoms of the earth.
Verš 5
For who will take pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will feel sorrow for you? Or who will go to prayer for the sake of your peace?
Iz 51:19 - There are two things which have happened to you. Who will be saddened over you? There is devastation and destruction, and famine and sword. Who will console you?
Verš 6
You have abandoned me, says the Lord. You have gone backwards. And so, I will extend my hand over you, and I will destroy you. I have labored to plead with you.
Jer 5:7 - “Over which things am I able to be merciful to you? Your sons have forsaken me, and they swear by those who are not gods. I gave them everything, and they committed adultery, and they indulged themselves in the house of the harlot.
Verš 7
And I will scatter them with a winnowing fan at the gates of the land. I have killed and dispersed my people, and yet they have not turned back from their ways.
Jer 4:11 - “In that time, it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: ‘A burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert, along the way of the daughter of my people, but not to winnow and not to cleanse.’
Verš 9
She who gave birth to seven has become weak. Her life has faded away. Her sun has set while it was still daytime. She has been confounded and shamed. And the remainder of them I will give over to the sword in the sight of their enemies, says the Lord.”
Am 8:9 - And it will be in that day, says the Lord God, that the sun will decline at midday, and I will cause the earth to become dark on the day of light.
Verš 10
“O my mother, woe to me! Why did you conceive me, a man of strife, a man of discord to all the earth? I have not lent money at interest, nor has anyone lent money at interest to me. Yet everyone is cursing me.”
Jób 3:1 - After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day,
Jer 20:14 - Cursed is the day on which I was born! The day on which my mother gave birth to me: let it not be blessed!
Verš 12
But how can iron be joined with the iron from the north or with brass?
Jer 6:28 - All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.
Verš 13
Your riches and your treasures I will give over to be freely despoiled, because of all your sins, even throughout all your borders.
Jer 17:3 - by sacrificing in the field. And so, I will give over your strength and all your treasures to be despoiled, along with your exalted places of sin, within all your borders.
Verš 14
And I will lead in your enemies from a land that you do not know. For a fire has been kindled in my fury; it will burn upon you.”
Dt 32:22 - A fire has been kindled in my fury, and it will burn even to the deepest Hell, and it will devour the earth with its produce, and it will burn the foundations of the mountains.
Verš 15
“You know me, O Lord. Remember me, and visit me, and watch over me, because of those who persecute me. In your patience, do not choose to let me endure. You know I have suffered reproach because of you.
Jer 11:20 - But you, O Lord of hosts, who judges justly, and who tests the temperament and the heart, let me see your vengeance against them. For I have revealed my case to you.
Verš 17
I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.
Ž 1:1 - Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.
Verš 18
Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters.”
Jer 30:15 - Why do you cry out over your affliction? Your pain is incurable. I have done these things to you because of the multitude of your iniquity and because of your hardened sins.
Jób 6:15 - My brethren have disregarded me, like a torrent that passes swiftly through the steep valleys.
Verš 20
And I will present you to this people as a strong wall of brass. And they will fight against you, and they will not prevail. For I am with you, so as to save you and to rescue you, says the Lord.
Jer 1:18 - For certainly, this day, I have made you like a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and a brass wall, over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its leaders, and to the priests, and to the people of the land.
Jer 15,1 - Mojžiš a Samuel boli najmocnejší orodovníci, ktorí prosili u Boha za národ.
Jer 15,4 - O Manassesovi a jeho činoch pozri 2 Kr 21,1 n.; 2 Krn 33,1 n.
Jer 15,8 - Ženy stratia mužov, matky synov. I nad matkou, ktorá mala sedem synov, zájde slnko šťastia, lebo ich stratí.
Jer 15,10 - Verše 10-21 sú jedným z miest, ktoré nám posvietia na duševné útrapy plachého proroka, ktorý mal také ťažké poslanie (pozri úvod k nášmu prorokovi). Požičiavanie peňazí býva vždy a všade príčinou nepriateľstiev. U vtedajších Izraelitov bolo ňou tým viac, že od pôžičiek nesmeli prijať úrok.
Jer 15,11 - Prorok si nezaslúžil nenávisť, veď konal len v službe Pánovej a zastával sa u Boha ešte aj svojich nepriateľov. – Toto by bol asi najpravdepodobnejší zmysel verša, ktorý je veľmi porušený; preklady sa rozchádzajú.
Jer 15,12 - V starých časoch pokladali železo, dovážané zo severných krajov, za zvlášť tvrdé. U Izraelitov bolo toto železo asi symbolom nepriateľským, symbolom babylonských zbraní. Ale verš je tak porušený, že sa mnohí vzdávajú pokusu preložiť ho. Staré preklady tiež nedávajú vyhovujúci zmysel. Mnohí pokladajú verš za neskorší dodatok.
Jer 15,13 - Verše nepatria do tejto osnovy. Sú písané prózou, rušia súvislosť a sú veľmi podobné veršom 17,3-4. Odtiaľ sa omylom dostali sem.
Jer 15,16 - Porov. Ez 2,8; 3,1 n. – Jeremiáš bol prorok Jahveho, nazýval sa teda jeho menom.
Jer 15,18 - V Palestíne je mnoho potokov, ktoré v lete celkom vyschnú, pútnik by sa darmo spoliehal, že v nich nájde vodu.
Jer 15,19 - Prorok začal strácať dôveru v Pána, preto sa musí obrátiť, potom ho aj Pán obráti a urobí ho zasa svojím dôveryplným prorokom. Pravda, len tak bude môcť opäť hovoriť v mene Pánovom (bude Pánovými ústami), ak bude ohlasovať len jeho cenné reči a nie svoje malomyseľné, bezcenné žaloby.
Jer 15,20 - Porov. 1,18.
