Jeremiah 15:2
2. death—deadly plague (Jer 18:21; 43:11; Eze 5:2, 12; Zec 11:9).
Jeremiah 18:21
21. pour out their blood by the force of the sword—literally, "by the hands of the sword." So Eze 35:5. MAURER with JEROME translates, "deliver them over to the power of the sword." But compare Ps 63:10, Margin; Isa 53:12. In this prayer he does not indulge in personal revenge, as if it were his own cause that was at stake; but he speaks under the dictation of the Spirit, ceasing to intercede, and speaking prophetically, knowing they were doomed to destruction as reprobates; for those not so, he doubtless ceased not to intercede. We are not to draw an example from this, which is a special case.
put to death—or, as in Jer 15:2, "perish by the death plague" [MAURER]. men . . . young men—HORSLEY distinguishes the former as married men past middle age; the latter, the flower of unmarried youth. Jeremiah 27:8
8. until I have consumed them by his hand—until by these consuming visitations I have brought them under his power.
Jeremiah 27:13
13. Why . . . die—by running on your own ruin in resisting Nebuchadnezzar after this warning (Eze 18:31).