Jeremiah 11:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“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;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 11:22 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
- Jeremiah 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
- Lamentations 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
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