Jeremiah 18:21

Therefore deliver up their banim to the ra'av (famine) 1 and pour out their dahm by the force of the cherev; 1 and let their nashim be bereaved as childless, and be almanot (widows); 1 and let their anashim be put to death; 1 let their bochurim be slain by the cherev in milchamah. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

In Context

20Shall ra'ah be repaid for tovah? 1 For they have dug a pit for my nefesh. 1 Remember that I stood before Thee to speak tovah concerning them, 1 and to turn away Thy wrath from them. 1

22Let a cry be heard from their batim (houses), 1 when Thou shalt bring a gedud (troop) suddenly upon them; 1 for they have dug a pit to take me, 1 and hid pachim (snares) for my raglayim. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:25The cherev without, 1 and terror within, 1 shall destroy both the bochur and the betulah, 1 the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 1

Psalms 63:11They deliver him into the power of the cherev; 1 they shall be a portion for jackals. 1

Isaiah 9:16Therefore Adonoi shall have no joy in their bocherim, 1 neither shall have mercy on their yetomim and almanot; 1 for every one is a chanef (g-dless, hypocritical) and an evildoer, 1 and every mouth speaketh nevalah (folly). 1 For all this His anger is not turned away, 1 but His yad is upraised still. 1

Jeremiah 11:20But, Hashem Tzva'os, Shofet Tzedek, 1 that testeth the kelayot (kidneys) and the lev, 1 let me see Thy vengeance on them; 1 for unto Thee have I committed my cause.

Jeremiah 12:3But Thou, Hashem, knowest me; 1 Thou hast seen me, and tested mine lev toward Thee; 1 pull them out like tzon for the tevakh (slaughter), 1 and prepare them for the Yom Haregah (Day of Slaughter, Killing). 1

Jeremiah 15:8Their almanot (widows) are increased before Me above the chol (sand) of the seas; 1 I have brought upon them, against the em bochur (mother of youth), 1 a shoded (plunderer) at noonday; 1 I let fall upon her suddenly, yissurim and terrors. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:19-23

Conduct of Persecutors; Prophetic Imprecations. ( b. c. 600.) 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 19 Give heed to me, O Lord , and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before… Read the whole commentary →

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