Jeremiah 24:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence among them until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers. American Standard Version (1901) And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. Common English Bible I will send the sword, famine, and disease against them until they vanish from the fertile land that I gave to their ancestors. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will send among them the sword, and famine, and pestilence: until they have been worn away from the land, which I gave to them and to their fathers." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will send among them the sword and the famine and the pestilence: till they be consumed out of the land which I gave to them and their fathers. |
For the Lord will strike Israel so that they will shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that he gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates because they made their Asherah poles, angering the Lord.
These two things have happened to you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? How can I comfort you?
If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.’
If they ask you, “Where will we go? ” tell them: This is what the Lord says: Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword. Those destined for famine, to famine; those destined for captivity, to captivity.
They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the soil’s surface. They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who intend to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live and will retain his life like the spoils of war.
‘ “ ‘As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and does not place its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish by sword, famine, and plague #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #until through him I have destroyed it.
This is what the Lord of Armies says: ‘I am about to send sword, famine, and plague against them, and I will make them like rotten figs that are inedible because they are so bad.
I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth #– #a curse and a desolation, an object of scorn and a disgrace among all the nations where I have banished them.
Look! Siege ramps have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you have spoken has happened. Look, you can see it!
Yet you, Lord God, have said to me, “Purchase the field and call in witnesses” #– #even though the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans! ’
‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming freedom, each for his fellow Hebrew and for his neighbour. I hereby proclaim freedom for you #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #to the sword, to plague, and to famine! I will make you a horror to all the earth’s kingdoms.
All who resolve to go to Egypt to stay there for a while will die by the sword, famine, and plague. They will have no survivor or fugitive from the disaster I will bring on them.”
Now therefore, know for certain that by the sword, famine, and plague you will die in the place where you desired to go to stay for a while.’
They have contradicted the Lord and insisted, ‘It won’t happen. , Harm won’t come to us; we won’t see sword or famine.’
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to feed this people wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink.
I will scatter them among the nations that they and their ancestors have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.’
‘Tell them this: “This is what the Lord God says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I have given to wild animals to be devoured, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
‘This is what the Lord God says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and cry out over all the evil and detestable practices of the house of Israel, who will fall by the sword, famine, and plague.
The sword is on the outside; plague and famine are on the inside. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword, and famine and plague will devour whoever is in the city.
The Lord will make pestilence cling to you until he has exterminated you from the land you are entering to possess.
And I looked, and there was a pale-green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following after him. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.