Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? Context Jeremiah's Complaint
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 neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them does curse me. 11The LORD said, Truly it shall be well with your remnant; truly I will cause the enemy to entreat you well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. 12Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 13Your substance and your treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders. 14And I will make you to pass with your enemies into a land which you know not: for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you. 15O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your long-suffering: know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke. 16Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts. 17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation. 18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you be altogether to me as a liar, and as waters that fail? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall iron be allied with the iron from the north, and the brass?
Darby Bible Translation
Will iron break? iron from the north? and bronze?
King James Bible
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Young's Literal Translation
Doth one break iron -- northern iron, and brass?
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