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Jeremiah 29:17

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.

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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.

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.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
הִנְנִי֙hi.Nihere IH2005 →
מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַme.sha.Le.ach[am] about to sendH7971 →
בָּ֔םBamon <the> them
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַחֶ֖רֶבha.Che.revthe swordH2719 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָרָעָ֣בha.ra.'Av<the> famineH7458 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הַדָּ֑בֶרha.Da.ver<the> pestilenceH1698 →
וְנָתַתִּ֣יve.na.ta.Tiand I will makeH5414 →
אוֹתָ֗ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
כַּתְּאֵנִים֙ka.te.'e.Nimlike <the> figsH8384 →
הַשֹּׁ֣עָרִ֔יםha.Sho.'a.Rim<the> rottenH8182 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
תֵאָכַ֖לְנָהte.'a.Khal.nahthey will be eatenH398 →
מֵרֹֽעַ׃me.Ro.a'from badnessH7455 →

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Jeremiah 24:8–10But 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.Jeremiah 29:18I 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.Jeremiah 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.Luke 21:11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.Luke 21:23How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.Ezekiel 14:12–21And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Jeremiah 24:1–3After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.Jeremiah 34:17–22Therefore 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.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.Ezekiel 5:12–17A 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 15:2–3If 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.’Jeremiah 27:8As 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.Jeremiah 24:2One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.Jeremiah 9:16I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

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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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