World English Bible
"Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?"
— Jeremiah 15:12, World English Bible
“Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?”
“Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass? ”
“Can you people who are like iron and bronze break that iron fist from the north?”
“Shall iron be allied with the iron from the north, and the brass?”
“Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?”
“Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?”
She who has borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she has been disappointed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, says Yahweh.
Woe 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.
Yahweh said, Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Your substance and your treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
I will make [them] to pass with your enemies into a land which you don't know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you.
Yahweh, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; don't take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.