Jeremiah 15:5

Good News Translation (US Version)

The Lord says, “Who will pity you, people of Jerusalem, and who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to ask how you are?

Cross References

Isaiah 51:19

A double disaster has fallen on you: your land has been devastated by war, and your people have starved. There is no one to show you sympathy.

Nahum 3:7

All who see you will shrink back. They will say, ‘Nineveh lies in ruins! Who has any sympathy for her? Who will want to comfort her?’”

Jeremiah 21:7

But as for you, your officials, and the people who survive the war, the famine, and the disease—I will let all of you be captured by King Nebuchadnezzar and by your enemies, who want to kill you. Nebuchadnezzar will put you to death. He will not spare any of you or show mercy or pity to any of you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Psalm 69:20

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I had hoped for sympathy, but there was none; for comfort, but I found none.

Jeremiah 16:5

“You must not enter a house where there is mourning. Do not grieve for anyone. I will no longer bless my people with peace or show them love and mercy.

Jeremiah 13:14

Then I will smash them like jars against one another, old and young alike. No pity, compassion, or mercy will stop me from killing them.”

Job 19:21

You are my friends! Take pity on me! The hand of God has struck me down.

1 Samuel 25:5

so he sent ten young men with orders to go to Carmel, find Nabal, and give him his greetings.

1 Samuel 17:22

David left the food with the officer in charge of the supplies, ran to the battle line, went to his brothers, and asked how they were getting along.

1 Samuel 10:4

They will greet you and offer you two of the loaves, which you are to accept.

Judges 18:15

So they went into Micah's house, where the young Levite lived, and asked the Levite how he was getting along.

Exodus 18:7

so Moses went out to meet him, bowed before him, and kissed him. They asked about each other's health and then went into Moses' tent.

Lamentations 1:17

“I stretch out my hands, but no one will help me. The Lord has called enemies against me from every side; They treat me like some filthy thing.