Bible Strands
Jeremiah 11:23
There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah pronounces a divine oracle against his hometown of Anathoth, immediately following a warning that young men will die by the sword and children by famine.
The words — לֹא תִהְיֶה (lo' tih.yeh) literally means "it will not be" or "there will be none," directly negating שְׁאֵרִית (she'erit) for "remnant" to declare total extinction. אֶל־אַנְשֵׁי (el-an.shé) pins the coming disaster specifically on "the people of" Anathoth.
The thread — The declared end of the punishment year and the certainty of disaster recur in Jeremiah 23:12 and Hosea 9:7, while the theme of imminent slaughter aligns with the judgment announced in Jeremiah 50:27.
Why it lands — The text states that covenant rejection results in inescapable ruin with no survivors left. It requires readers to confront the finality of divine warning and abandon any assumption of automatic preservation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 23:12 “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 50:27 Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.
- Hosea 9:7 The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
- Micah 7:4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
- Luke 19:44 They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
- Isaiah 14:20 You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
- Jeremiah 5:9 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 5:29 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 6:9 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”
- Jeremiah 8:12 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.