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Jeremiah 15:2

If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’

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ASV

And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֛הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
יֹאמְר֥וּyo.me.Ruthey will sayH559 →
אֵלֶ֖יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413 →
אָ֣נָה'A.nahwhere?H575 →
נֵצֵ֑אne.Tze'will we go outH3318 →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413 →
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[those] whoH834 →
לַמָּ֤וֶתla.Ma.vet[are] for <the> deathH4194 →
לַמָּ֙וֶת֙la.Ma.vetto <the> deathH4194 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֤רva.'a.Sherand [those] whoH834 →
לַחֶ֙רֶב֙la.Che.rev[are] for the swordH2719 →
לַחֶ֔רֶבla.Che.revto the swordH2719 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֤רva.'a.Sherand [those] whoH834 →
לָֽרָעָב֙la.ra.'Av[are] for the famineH7458 →
לָֽרָעָ֔בla.ra.'Avto the famineH7458 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֥רva.'a.Sherand [those] whoH834 →
לַשְּׁבִ֖יla.she.Vi[are] for <the> captivityH7628 →
לַשֶּֽׁבִי׃la.She.vito <the> captivityH7628 →

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Jeremiah 43:11He 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.Zechariah 11:9Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”Revelation 6:3–8And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”Revelation 13:10“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.Ezekiel 5:2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.Isaiah 24:18Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.Ezekiel 5:12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.Jeremiah 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”Deuteronomy 28:21The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.Ezekiel 12:11You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.Daniel 9:12You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.Jeremiah 24:9–10I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.Jeremiah 19:7And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.Ezekiel 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?Jeremiah 12:12Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.Ezekiel 21:24Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.Jeremiah 11:11Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

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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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