Jeremiah 15:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask how you are?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֠י מִֽי־יַחְמֹ֤ל עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וּמִ֖י יָנ֣וּד לָ֑ךְ וּמִ֣י יָס֔וּר לִשְׁאֹ֥ל לְשָׁלֹ֖ם לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

For who-yaḥmōl upon-you yərûšālaim, and-who yānûd for-you, and-who yāsûr to-ask for-šālôm for-you?

Grammar Details

• *yaḥmōl*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will have pity/compassion
• *yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *yānûd*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will bemoan/console/sympathize
• *yāsûr*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will turn aside/depart
• *šālôm*: noun common masculine singular - peace/welfare

Word Meanings

• *yaḥmōl*: will have pity/compassion/mercy
• *yānûd*: will bemoan/console/sympathize/show grief
• *yāsûr*: will turn aside/depart/go out of way
• *lišʾōl lĕšālôm*: to ask for welfare/to inquire about peace/to greet

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For who shall have pity upon you, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan you? or who shall turn aside to ask how you are?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For who will have pity{H2550} upon thee, O Jerusalem?{H3389} or who will bemoan{H5110} thee? or who will turn aside{H5493} to ask{H7592} of thy welfare?{H7965}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For who shall have pity{H2550}{(H8799)} upon thee, O Jerusalem{H3389}? or who shall bemoan{H5110}{(H8799)} thee? or who shall go aside{H5493}{(H8799)} to ask{H7592}{(H8800)} how thou doest{H7965}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Who shal then haue pite vpon the, o Ierusalem? Who shal be sory for the? Or who shal make intercession, to opteyne peace for the?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee O Hierusalem? who shalbe sorie for thee? Or who shall make intercession to obtayne peace for thee?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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?

• World English Bible (2000)

  For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD cried out,“Who in the world will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to inquire about how you are doing?

Referenced Verses

• Isa 51:19 : 19 These double calamities have come upon you—destruction and devastation, famine and sword. Who will console you?
• Nah 3:7 : 7 Everyone who sees you will flee from you, saying, 'Nineveh is devastated! Who will mourn for her? Where can I find anyone to comfort you?'
• Jer 21:7 : 7 Afterward, declares the LORD, I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, the people, and those remaining in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their lives. He will strike them down with the edge of the sword without pity, without sparing, and without mercy.
• Ps 69:20 : 20 You know my reproach, my shame, and my disgrace; all my adversaries are before you.
• Lam 1:12-16 : 12 "Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce anger. 13 From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long. 14 My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hands they were fastened together. They were laid on my neck; he has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand. 15 The Lord has rejected all my mighty men in my midst; he summoned an assembly against me to crush my young men. Like in a winepress, the Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah. 16 "Because of these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes flow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed."
• Lam 2:15-16 : 15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?' 16 All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and grind their teeth, saying, 'We have swallowed her up. Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.'
• Jer 13:14 : 14 And I will shatter them, one against another, fathers and sons together,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will show no pity, no compassion, and no mercy to prevent their destruction.’
• Jer 16:5 : 5 For this is what the LORD says: Do not enter a house of mourning. Do not go to lament or console them, for I have withdrawn My peace from this people, declares the LORD, as well as My lovingkindness and compassion.
• Exod 18:7 : 7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
• Judg 18:15 : 15 So they turned aside there and went to the house of the young Levite, at Micah's house, and asked him how he was doing.
• 1 Sam 10:4 : 4 They will greet you kindly and offer you two loaves of bread, which you are to accept from their hands.
• 1 Sam 17:22 : 22 David left his supplies in the care of the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines, and asked his brothers how they were.
• 1 Sam 25:5 : 5 David sent ten young men and instructed them, "Go to Carmel, find Nabal, and greet him on my behalf.
• Job 19:21 : 21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, my friends, because the hand of God has struck me.