Jeremiah 11:23
in Jeremiah 11There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
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ASV
and there shall be no remnant unto them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
KJV
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
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This verse in Jeremiah 11
Commentary
11 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
No remnant - 128 men of Anathoth returned from exile Ezr 2:23; Neh 7:27. Jeremiah’s denunciation was limited to those who had sought his life. The year of their visitation would be the year of the siege of Jerusalem, when Anathoth being in its immediate vicinity would have its share of the horrors of war.
This site's exposition
the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life
on Jeremiah 11:21-23
The plotters are the people of Anathoth, Jeremiah's priestly hometown from 1:1, his own kinsmen demanding silence. The sentence answering them, “Their young men will die by the sword”, is the first judgment the book records Jeremiah asking for and receiving.
This site's exposition
There will be no remnant
Albert Barnes notes that 128 men of Anathoth came home from exile, as Ezra 2:23 records. He limits the sentence to the men who sought Jeremiah's life. Matthew Henry reads it as measure for measure: they meant to cut off his name, and their own is cut off.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(v. 21 onward) Therefore, thus says the Lord to the men of Anathoth who seek your life and say: Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand. Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will visit them. The young men shall die by the sword; their sons and daughters shall die by famine, and there shall be no remnant of them. For I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth in the year of their visitation.
"Therefore thus says the Lord against the men of Anathoth who seek my life, who say: You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and if you do, you shall die in our hands. Behold, I will visit upon them: their young men shall die by the sword, and their sons and their daughters shall perish by famine. And there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring evils upon the inhabitants of Anathoth in the year of their visitation." For the sake of a figure the name of Anathoth is here taken up. And the whole Jewish mystery is spoken in it figuratively; for Anathoth is interpreted "Hearkening." Since, then, a hearkening of God was in that people, as also the kingdom of God, and it came to pass concerning the kingdom that "the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation producing its fruits," according to this it also came to pass that "the men of Anathoth," those who are in the Hearkening, "seek the life" — not of Jeremiah (for neither does the history say that men of Anathoth sought the life of Jeremiah. We have the books of Kingdoms; Scripture makes mention there of Jeremiah, yet nothing of the sort is said in them, nor in the books of Chronicles; for we have the very book of the prophet, and the men of Anathoth have said nothing) — but these things are said concerning Christ. "Those who seek my life, those who say: You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord." The Jews hindered Jesus from teaching. "And if you do, you shall die in our hands. Behold, I will visit upon them: their young men shall die by the sword, and their sons and their daughters shall perish by famine." They did not then perish by the sword, but after the coming a famine has now come upon them — "not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord"; for no longer is "thus says the Lord Almighty" spoken among them. […]
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Two of God's four sore judgments shall serve to ruin their town:-- The sword shall devour their young men, though they were young priests, not men of war (their character shall not be their protection), and famine shall destroy the children, sons and daughters, that tarry at home, which is a more grievous death than that by the sword, Lam. iv.
They sought Jeremiah's life, and therefore they shall die; they would destroy him root and branch, that his name might be no more remembered, and therefore there shall be no remnant of them; and herein the Lord is righteous. Thus evil is brought upon them, even the year of their visitation, and that is evil enough, a recompence according to their deserts.
9 And the L ORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
(Jer 23:12). the year of . . . visitation--The Septuagint translates, "in the year of their," &c., that is, at the time when I shall visit them in wrath. JEROME supports English Version. "Year" often means a determined time.
The year of their visitation - This punishment shall come in that year in which I shall visit their iniquities upon them.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁאֵרִ֕ית | usheerit | and a remnant | H7611 → | 66 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִֽהְיֶ֖ה | tihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָהֶ֑ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אָבִ֥יא | ʾavi' | I will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| רָעָ֛ה | raah | calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֥י | ʾanshei | [the] people of | H582 → | 566 times |
| עֲנָת֖וֹת | anatot | Anathoth | H6068 → | 15 times |
| שְׁנַ֥ת | shenat | [the] year of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ ס | pekudatam | punishment their | H6486 → | 32 times |
וּשְׁאֵרִ֕יתand a remnant
usheeritH7611 →66 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תִֽהְיֶ֖הit will belong
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
לָהֶ֑םto <the> them
lahem
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אָבִ֥יאI will bring
ʾavi'H935 →2568 times
רָעָ֛הcalamity
raahH7451 →662 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַנְשֵׁ֥י[the] people of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
עֲנָת֖וֹתAnathoth
anatotH6068 →15 times
שְׁנַ֥ת[the] year of
shenatH8141 →877 times
פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ סpunishment their
pekudatamH6486 →32 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time…
it leads to
- Isaiah 22:5
For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
- Ezekiel 2:6
But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of…
- Isaiah 22:5
Through
Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
it leads to
- Luke 13:34–35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
- Luke 21:6
“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- John 3:18–21
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- 1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- Lamentations 1:8
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
- Luke 13:34–35
Through
Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 48:44
“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 48:44
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 10.