Matthew Henry Commentary Jeremiah 15:10-14

"Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast 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] every one of them doth curse me. Jehovah said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass? Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. And I will make [them] to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you." — Jeremiah 15:10-14 (ASV)

Jeremiah met with much contempt and reproach, when they should have blessed him and thanked God for him. It is a great and sufficient support to the people of God that, however troublesome their way may be, it will be well with them in the end.

God turns to the people. Will the most hardy and vigorous of their efforts be able to contend with the counsel of God, or with the army of the Chaldeans? Let them hear their doom.

The enemy will treat the prophet well, but the people who had great estates would be treated harshly. All parts of the country had added to the national guilt; and let each acknowledge its shame.