Jeremiah 11:22

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

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Study note

Setting — The LORD of Hosts addresses Jeremiah concerning the people of Anathoth who are actively plotting to kill him for prophesying in His name.

The words — The declaration centers on פֹקֵד (fo.Ked), literally "[am] about to visit [judgment]" upon them, preceded by הִנְ/נִי (hi./Ni) to mark immediate execution.

The thread — This specific judgment aligns with the broader biblical record of God’s response to those who oppose His messengers, as documented in Jeremiah 18:21 and 2 Chronicles 36:17.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that opposing a prophet’s message triggers direct divine consequences, leaving no room for evasion or survival.

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The Hebrew words

לָכֵ֗ןla./Khen<to>/ therefore כֹּ֤הkohthus אָמַר֙'a.Marhe says יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahweh צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hosts הִנְנִ֥יhi./Nihere/ I פֹקֵ֖דfo.Ked[am] about to visit [judgment]עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם'a.lei./Hemon/ them הַבַּֽחוּרִים֙ha./ba.chu.Rimthe/ young men יָמֻ֣תוּya.Mu.tuthey will die בַחֶ֔רֶבva./Che.revby the/ sword בְּנֵיהֶם֙be.nei./Hemsons/ their וּבְנ֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔םu./ve.No.tei./Hemand/ daughters/ their יָמֻ֖תוּya.Mu.tuthey will die בָּרָעָֽב׃ba./ra.'Avby <the>/ famine

King James Version

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:

Cross-references

Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore, 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.
2 Chronicles 36:17 So 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,
1 Thessalonians 2:15 who 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,
Jeremiah 9:21 For 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.
Lamentations 2:21 Both 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.