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Jeremiah 11:22

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.

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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;

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:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
הִנְנִ֥יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
פֹקֵ֖דfo.Ked[am] about to visit [judgment]H6485 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
הַבַּֽחוּרִים֙ha.ba.chu.Rimthe young menH970 →
יָמֻ֣תוּya.Mu.tuthey will dieH4191 →
בַחֶ֔רֶבva.Che.revby the swordH2719 →
בְּנֵיהֶם֙be.nei.Hemsons theirH1121 →
וּבְנ֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔םu.ve.No.tei.Hemand daughters theirH1323 →
יָמֻ֖תוּya.Mu.tuthey will dieH4191 →
בָּרָעָֽב׃ba.ra.'Avby <the> famineH7458 →

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Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, 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.2 Chronicles 36:17So 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,1 Thessalonians 2:15–16who 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,Ezekiel 24:25And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,Jeremiah 44:13I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,Jeremiah 49:26For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.Jeremiah 9:21For 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.Lamentations 2:21Both 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.Isaiah 3:25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.Jeremiah 23:2Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.Amos 4:10“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 21:14I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”Jeremiah 51:47Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.Lamentations 3:51My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.Zechariah 10:3“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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