Jeremiah 15:5 “Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who wi…”

Jeremiah 15:5

Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

World English Bible

For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn you? Who will come to ask of your welfare?

American Standard Version

For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

Geneva Bible 1599

Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee, O Ierusalem? or who shalbe sorie for thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace?

Darby Translation

For who shall have pity upon thee, Jerusalem? and who shall bemoan thee? and who shall turn aside to ask after thy welfare?

Young's Literal Translation

For who hath pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who doth bemoan for thee? And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare?

Bible in Basic English

For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? and who will have sorrow for you? or who will go out of his way to see how you are?

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Cross references

“For who”

Isaiah 51:19 Nahum 3:7 Jeremiah 21:7 Psalm 69:20 Jeremiah 16:5 Job 19:21

Isaiah 51:19 · BSB

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

Nahum 3:7 · BSB

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

Jeremiah 21:7 · BSB

‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who…

Psalm 69:20 · BSB

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

Jeremiah 16:5 · BSB

Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares…

Job 19:21 · BSB

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

“how thou doest”

Exodus 18:7 1 Samuel 17:22 1 Samuel 25:5 Judges 18:15 1 Samuel 10:4

Exodus 18:7 · BSB

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

1 Samuel 17:22 · BSB

Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

1 Samuel 25:5 · BSB

So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name

Judges 18:15 · BSB

So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.

1 Samuel 10:4 · BSB

They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.

Also

Jeremiah 13:14

Jeremiah 13:14 · BSB

I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

6You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

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