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Jeremiah 11:22

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:

KJV

propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Ecce ego visitabo super eos : juvenes morientur in gladio ; filii eorum et filiæ eorum morientur in fame.

Vulgate

ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπισκέψομαι ἐπ’ αὐτούς· οἱ νεανίσκοι αὐτῶν ἐν μαχαίρᾳ ἀποθανοῦνται, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῶν τελευτήσουσιν ἐν λιμῳ,

LXX

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;

ASV

לָ/כֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְ/נִ֥י פֹקֵ֖ד עֲלֵי/הֶ֑ם הַ/בַּֽחוּרִים֙ יָמֻ֣תוּ בַ/חֶ֔רֶב בְּנֵי/הֶם֙ וּ/בְנ֣וֹתֵי/הֶ֔ם יָמֻ֖תוּ בָּ/רָעָֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בַּחוּרִ֖ים
bchvrym
verb · 46×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 2:15 — Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
  • 2Chr 36:17 — Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that s
  • Amos 3:2 — You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
  • Ezek 24:25 — Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their
  • Jer 18:21 — Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to dea
  • Jer 44:13 — For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
  • Jer 49:26 — Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.