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Jeremias 15:12

Shall iron be allied with the iron from the north, and the brass?

Challoner: Shall iron be alliedShall the iron, that is, the strength of Juda, stand against the stronger iron of the north, that is, of Babylon: or enter into an alliance upon equal footing with it? No certainly: but it must be broken by it.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Numquid fœderabitur ferrum ferro ab aquilone, et æs ?
Septuagint (Swete): Εἰ γνωσθήσεται σίδηρος; καὶ περιβόλαιον χαλκοῦν ἡ ἰσχύς σου.
Hebrew (WLC): הֲיָרֹ֨עַ בַּרְזֶ֧ל בַּרְזֶ֛ל מִצָּפ֖וֹן וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת

Haydock's commentary

Iron. Shall the iron (that is, the strength of Juda) stand against the stronger iron of the north, (that is, of Babylon) or enter into an alliance upon equal footing with it? No, certainly; but it must be broken by it. (Challoner)

Iron is not easily united with brass, though Pliny ([Natural History?] xxxiv. 4.) mentions a statue of this nature. Neither iron nor brass can stand against steel, which is meant by the iron from the north. The Jews shall not hurt Jeremias, ver. 20., and chap. i. 17. (Calmet)

Protestants, "shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?" The riches of Juda shall become a prey, ver. 13. (Haydock)

Stronger kingdoms easily oppress their weak allies. (Worthington)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.