Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will visit upon them: their young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine. punish. Jeremiah 9:21 For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without, the young men from the streets. Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle. 2 Chronicles 36:17 For he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, he had no compassion on young man, or maiden, old man or even him that stooped for age, but he delivered them all into his hands. Lamentations 2:21 Sin. The child and the old man lie without on the ground: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and shewn them no pity. 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men; . . . Context The Plot Against Jeremiah…21Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who seek thy life, and say: Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die in our hands. 22Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will visit upon them: their young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine.23And there shall be no remains of them: for I will bring in evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their visitation.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 36:17 For he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, he had no compassion on young man, or maiden, old man or even him that stooped for age, but he delivered them all into his hands. Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle. Jeremiah 21:14 But I will visit upon you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof: and it shall devour all things round about it. Jeremiah 44:13 And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem by the sword, and by famine and by pestilence. Jeremiah 49:26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets: and all the men of war shall be silent in that day, saith the Lord of hosts. Amos 4:10 I sent death upon you in the way of Egypt, I slew your young men with the sword, even to the captivity of your horses: and I made the stench of your camp to come up into your nostrils: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord. Lexicon Soלָכֵ֗ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus this is what כֹּ֤ה (kōh) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts צְבָא֔וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign says: אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “I will punish them. פֹקֵ֖ד (p̄ō·qêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit Their young men הַבַּֽחוּרִים֙ (hab·ba·ḥū·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 970: Selected, a youth will die יָמֻ֣תוּ (yā·mu·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill by the sword, בַחֶ֔רֶב (ḇa·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword their sons בְּנֵיהֶם֙ (bə·nê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son and daughters וּבְנ֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם (ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter by famine. בָּרָעָֽב׃ (bā·rā·‘āḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7458: Famine, hunger Additional Translations 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.Therefore thus said 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: 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; behold, I will visit them: their young men shall die by the sword; and their sons and their daughters shall die of famine: -- therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine; 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; 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: therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine; Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: 'Lo, I am seeing after them, The chosen ones die by sword, Their sons and their daughters die by famine, Jump to Previous Almighty Armies Chosen Daughters Death Die Famine Hosts Need Ones Punish Punishment Sword YoungJump to Next Almighty Armies Chosen Daughters Death Die Famine Hosts Need Ones Punish Punishment Sword YoungExternal Links Jeremiah 11:22 NIVJeremiah 11:22 NLT Jeremiah 11:22 ESV Jeremiah 11:22 NASB Jeremiah 11:22 ASV Jeremiah 11:22 Bible Apps Jeremiah 11:22 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 11:22 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 11:22 French Bible Jeremiah 11:22 German Bible Alphabetical: about Almighty am and Behold by daughters die famine hosts I is LORD men of punish says sons sword the Their them therefore this thus to what will young OT Prophets: Jeremiah 11:22 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies Behold (Jer.) 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