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Jeremiah 29:17

Judgment

15 Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”

16 this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—

this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.

18 I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

19 I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”

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BSB
this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
WEB
the LORD of Armies says: “Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that can’t be eaten, they are so bad.
ASV
thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
DARBY
thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like the vile figs, that cannot be eaten for badness.
BLB
thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am sending upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten for badness.
ÅB
så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg sender sverd, hunger og pest iblant dem og gjør med dem som en gjør med de dårlige fikener, som ikke kan spises, fordi de er så dårlige.
OTB
dette er hva Hærskarenes Herre sier: “Se, jeg sender sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten mot dem, og jeg vil gjøre dem som fiken som er så dårlige at de ikke kan spises.
B1930
så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg sender sverd, hunger og pest iblandt dem og gjør med dem som en gjør med de dårlige fikener, som ikke kan etes, fordi de er så dårlige.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 24:8–10

    But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.

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  • Jeremiah 29:18

    I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

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  • Jeremiah 27:8

    As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.

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  • Luke 21:23

    How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

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  • Jeremiah 43:11

    He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.

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  • Jeremiah 34:17–22

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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  • Luke 21:11

    There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

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  • Jeremiah 52:6

    By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

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