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22 So the Lord of Heaven’s Armies[a] said, “I will surely[b] punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle.[c] Their sons and daughters will die of starvation. 23 Not one of them will survive.[d] I will bring disaster on those men from Anathoth who threatened you.[e] A day of reckoning is coming for them.”[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:22 tn Heb “Yahweh of Armies.”sn For the significance of the term see the notes at 2:19 and 7:3.
  2. Jeremiah 11:22 tn Heb “Behold I will.” For the function of this particle see the translator’s note on 1:6.
  3. Jeremiah 11:22 tn Heb “will die by the sword.” Here “sword” stands contextually for “battle,” while “starvation” stands for death by starvation during siege.
  4. Jeremiah 11:23 tn Heb “There will be no survivors for/among them.”
  5. Jeremiah 11:23 tn Heb “the men of Anathoth.” For the rationale for adding the qualification see the notes on v. 21.
  6. Jeremiah 11:23 tn Heb “I will bring disaster on…, the year of their punishment.”

22 therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young men(A) will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. 23 Not even a remnant(B) will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.(C)

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