Jeremiah 11:22

Lexham English Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ Moreover, Yahweh let it be made known to me, and I knew. Then you showed me their deeds. ¹⁹ And I was like a gentle ram-lamb that is brought to slaughter, and I did not know that they planned plans against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will no longer be remembered." ²⁰ But O Yahweh of hosts, who judges in righteousness, who tests the inmost being, and the mind, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have revealed my legal case. ²¹ Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the people of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, "You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh or you will die by our hand." ²² Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Look, I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by the famine. ²³ And a remnant will not be left for them, for I will bring disaster to the people of Anathoth, the year of their punishment."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

punish: Heb. visit upon

young: Jeremiah 9:21, Jeremiah 18:21, 2 Chronicles 36:17, Lamentations 2:21, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:16

Reciprocal: Isaiah 3:25 - Thy men Jeremiah 21:14 - punish Jeremiah 23:2 - I Jeremiah 44:13 - General Jeremiah 49:26 - General Jeremiah 51:47 - do judgment upon Lamentations 3:51 - the daughters Ezekiel 24:25 - their sons Amos 3:2 - punish Amos 4:10 - your young Zechariah 10:3 - punished

Cross-References

Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: ‘Long ago your ancestors—Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor—lived beyond the river, and they served other gods.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, behold, I will punish them,..... Or, visit "them" r; look into this matter, try this cause, bring it to an issue, and pass sentence on them; which is as follows:

the young men shall die by the sword; by the sword of the Chaldeans, in the field, going out in battle against them; or rather when their town was taken and plundered, since they were the sons of priests:

their sons and their daughters shall die by famine; that is, their little ones, male and female; so that the famine, it seems, was not only in Jerusalem at the time of its siege, but in other parts also: no mention is made of the parents themselves.

r פקד עליהם "visitans super eos", Montanus, Schmidt; "visito", Pagninus, Vatablus, Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The young men - i. e., those of the legal age for military service.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 11:22. Behold, I will punish them — And the punishment is, Their young men shall die by the sword of the Chaldeans; and their sons and daughters shall die by the famine that shall come on the land through the desolations occasioned by the Chaldean army.