Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them does curse me.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~605 BC. Prophet Jeremiah sits alone, overwhelmed by 20 years of rejection. Everyone hates his warnings about Babylon. Modern-day Jerusalem, Israel.
The emotion here: devastated and questioning his calling
The original word
meribah (מְרִיבָה) — legal dispute, courtroom conflict, not just argument
Why it matters
Jeremiah never married or had children because God told him not to in this doomed generation
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 15:10
He mentions lending/borrowing to show he's not even in normal business disputes - people hate him purely for his message
Common misconceptionPeople think prophets were confident heroes. Jeremiah was suicidal, regretting he was ever born. Even God's chosen messengers felt abandoned.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 15:10
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 15:10 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 15:10 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Jeremiah. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 30% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the psalm genre of biblical literature. Key themes include prophetic burden, isolation, lament. Notable phrases: woe is me; man of strife. This verse is a prayer.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grieving
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you…”
— Genesis 3:19
“Jesus wept.”
— John 11:35
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?”
— Psalms 22:1
“They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.”
— Psalms 22:18
“for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;”
— Romans 3:23
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