Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 15:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward” at Jeremiah 15:6 as a specific part of “Even Famous Intercessors Cannot Reverse the Sentence.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 15:1–9
Read Jeremiah 15:6 with 15:1–9. By itself, “Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Moses and Samuel cannot avert four forms of disaster tied in the oracle to Manasseh's reign; bereavement and the fading mother intensify the loss.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Jeremiah 15:1–9, not an independent maxim. The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward” at Jeremiah 15:6 as a specific part of “Even Famous Intercessors Cannot Reverse the Sentence.”
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Jeremiah 15:1–9 — Even Famous Intercessors Cannot Reverse the SentenceSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 15:1–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 15:1–9
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