Jeremiah 11:23

What does Jeremiah 11:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 11:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and there shall be no remnant unto them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and there shall be no remnant unto them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Not one of them will keep his life, for I will send evil on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they have no remnant, For I bring evil unto the men of Anathoth, The year of their inspection!'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And there shall be no remains of them: for I will bring in evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their visitation.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and there shall be no remnant of them; for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, in the year of their visitation.

Context

v.22therefore 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;

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Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Micah 7:4

    The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

  • Jeremiah 50:27

    Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

  • Jeremiah 5:29

    Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Hosea 9:7

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

  • Luke 19:44

    and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  • Jeremiah 5:9

    Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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