Jeremiah 18:21
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah visits the potter's house and sees the potter rework a marred vessel. God can do the same with nations: what he decrees can be changed by repentance or undone by sin. The people plot against Jeremiah and he calls …
Other Translations
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle.
Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,
For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.
Cross References
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, …
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the …
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the …
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from …
But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance …
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the …
But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like …
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell …