Parallel Verses
NET Bible
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?
New American Standard Bible
Or who will
Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
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?
Holman Bible
Who will show sympathy toward you?
Who will turn aside
to ask about your welfare?
International Standard Version
"Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem, and who will grieve for you? Who will go out of his way to ask about your welfare?
A Conservative 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?
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?
Amplified
“For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,
Or who will mourn for you,
Or who will turn aside to ask about your 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?
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?
Julia Smith Translation
For who shall have compassion upon thee, O Jerusalem? and who shall bewail for thee? and who shall turn aside to ask for thy peace?
King James 2000
For who shall have pity upon you, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan you? or who shall go aside to ask how you do?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"For who will have compassion on you, Jerusalem, or who will show sympathy to you, or who will turn aside {to ask about your welfare}?
Modern King James verseion
For who shall have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who shall weep over you? Or who shall turn aside to ask your welfare?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Who shall then have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? Who shall be sorry for thee? Or who shall make intercession, to obtain peace for thee,
New Heart English Bible
For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
The Emphasized Bible
For who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem? And who shall lament for thee? And who shall turn aside, to ask for thy welfare?
Webster
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask concerning thy welfare?
World English Bible
For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
Youngs 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?
Interlinear
Nuwd
Cuwr
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 15:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Four Types Of Calamity
4 I will make all the people in all the kingdoms of the world horrified at what has happened to them because of what Hezekiah's son Manasseh, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem." 5 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? 6 I, the Lord, say: 'You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.' So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!"
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 51:19
These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?
Nahum 3:7
Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say, 'Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?' There will be no one to comfort you!"
Jeremiah 21:7
Then I, the Lord, promise that I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and any of the people who survive the war, starvation, and disease. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will slaughter them with the sword. He will not show them any mercy, compassion, or pity.'
Psalm 69:20
Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
Exodus 18:7
Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; they each asked about the other's welfare, and then they went into the tent.
Judges 18:15
They stopped there, went inside the young Levite's house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.
1 Samuel 10:4
They will ask you how you're doing and will give you two loaves of bread. You will accept them.
1 Samuel 17:22
After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
1 Samuel 25:5
he sent ten servants, saying to them, "Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.
Job 19:21
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.
Jeremiah 13:14
And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,' says the Lord."
Jeremiah 16:5
"Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: 'Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it!
Lamentations 1:12-16
(Lamed) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger.
Lamentations 2:15-16
(Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. "Ha! Is this the city they called 'The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!'?"