Jeremiah 7:15I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~608 BC. Jeremiah references the northern kingdom's exile 120 years earlier, warning Judah faces the same fate...
The emotion here: grieving deeply while delivering devastating news to his own people
The original word
shalakh (שָׁלַח) — to send away, cast out, dismiss permanently
Why it matters
The 'seed of Ephraim' refers to the ten northern tribes scattered by Assyria in 722 BC - they never returned
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 7:15
Ephraim was Joseph's son - this breaks a promise going back to Jacob's deathbed blessing
Common misconceptionThis seems like God being cruel, but it's actually God's last attempt to wake up a nation choosing self-destruction.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 7:15
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 7:15 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 7:15 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to God. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include exile, divine rejection, covenant breaking. Notable phrases: cast you out of my sight; whole seed of Ephraim. This verse contains prophecy.
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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