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Jeremiah 11:22

20 O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.

23 There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
WEB
therefore the LORD of Armies says, ‘Behold, I will punish them. The young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by famine.
ASV
therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
DARBY
therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
BLB
Therefore thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I will punish them! The young men will die by the sword; their sons and their daughters will die by famine;
ÅB
- derfor sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så: Se, jeg vil hjemsøke dem; deres unge menn skal dø ved sverd, deres sønner og døtre skal dø av sult,
OTB
derfor er dette hva hærskarenes Herre sier: “Jeg vil straffe dem. Deres unge menn vil dø ved sverdet, deres sønner og døtre ved hungersnød.
B1930
- derfor sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så: Se, jeg vil hjemsøke dem; deres unge menn skal dø ved sverd, deres sønner og døtre skal dø av sult,

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16

    who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:17

    So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

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  • Lamentations 2:21

    Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.

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  • Jeremiah 9:21

    For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

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