Jeremiah 11:22 - The Scriptures 1998

²² therefore thus said יהוה  of hosts, ‘See, I am punishing them, the young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by scarcity of food.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and their daughters will die by famine;

American Standard Version (1901)

²² 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;

Common English Bible

²² Therefore, the LORD of heavenly forces proclaims, I’m going to punish them. Their young men will die in war, and their sons and daughters will die by famine.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will visit upon them. Their young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by famine.

Jeremiah 11:22 Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:17

Therefore He brought against them the sovereign of the Chaldeans, and he slew their young men with the sword in the House of their set-apart place, and had no compassion on young man or maiden, on the aged or the weak – He gave all into his hand.

Jeremiah 18:21

So give their children over to scarcity of food, and hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become widows and bereaved of their children. Let their men be put to death, their young men be smitten by the sword in battle.

Jeremiah 21:14

“And I shall punish you according to the fruit of your deeds,” declares יהוה. “And I shall kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall consume all that is around her.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 44:13

‘And I shall punish those dwelling in the land of Mitsrayim, as I have punished Yerushalayim, by the sword, by scarcity of food, and by pestilence.

Jeremiah 49:26

“Therefore her young men fall in her streets, and all the men of battle are cut off in that day,” declares יהוה  of hosts.

Jeremiah 9:21

For death has come through our windows, has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets, and the young men from the squares.

Lamentations 2:21

“Young and old lie on the ground in the streets. My maidens and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your displeasure, You have slaughtered without compassion.

Amos 4:10

“I have sent among you a plague in the way of Mitsrayim. I have slain your young men with a sword, along with your captured horses. And I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils. But you did not turn back to Me,” declares יהוה.