Jeremiah 15:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

She that hath born seven - (1 Samuel 2:5, "The barren hath born seven"). Seven, being the perfect number, indicates full fruitfulness.

Languisheth - because not even one is left of all her sons (Jeremiah 15:8).

Her sun is gone down while it was yet day - fortune deserts her at the very height of her prosperity (Amos 8:9).

She hath been ashamed - the mothers (she being collective) are put to the shame of disappointed hopes through the loss of all their children.

Jeremiah 15:9

9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.