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Jeremiah 19:9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.'
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Then those trapped inside will eat their own sons and daughters and friends. They will be driven to utter despair.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the desperation with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall drive them to despair.” ’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh during the siege and in the hardship with which their enemies and those who seek their life will torment them.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />“I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them."’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I shall make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and each one will eat one another’s flesh during the siege and distress brought by their enemies and those who seek their lives.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and they will eat each other’s flesh in the distressing siege inflicted on them by their enemies who intend to take their life.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and they will eat each other’s flesh in the siege and distress that their enemies, those who want to take their life, inflict on them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall distress them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And while your enemies are trying to break through your city walls to kill you, the food supply will run out. You will become so hungry that you will eat the flesh of your friends and even of your own children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall straiten them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will make the people eat the flesh of their sons and daughters. They will eat each other's flesh during blockades and hardships that their enemies impose on them when they want to kill them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The enemy will surround the city and try to kill its people. The siege will be so terrible that the people inside the city will eat one another and even their own children." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and people will eat the flesh of their neighbors in the siege and in the distress to which their enemies and those seeking their lives will subject them."'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another?s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will reduce the people of this city to desperate straits during the siege imposed on it by their enemies who are seeking to kill them. I will make them so desperate that they will eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and the flesh of one another."'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them."'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and distress with which their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall distress them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. They will each eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, will distress them.”’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and they each eat the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the constriction with which their enemies constrict them, and those seeking their life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I caused them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his neighbor shall they eat in the straitness and in the distress which their enemies, and they seeking their souls, shall press upon them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons, and with the flesh of their daughters: and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege, and in the distress wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives shall straiten them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons and with the flesh of their daughters. And each one of them will eat the flesh of his friend during the blockade and the embargo by which their enemies, and those who seek their lives, will enclose them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will have them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters; they shall eat one another’s flesh during the harsh siege under which their enemies and those who seek their lives will confine them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and all shall eat the flesh of their neighbors in the siege, and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his neighbors in the siege and in the affliction with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall inflict upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall feed them the flesh of their sons and of their daughters, and each man shall eat the body of his neighbor in the siege, and in the affliction that their enemies and those who seek their soul shall inflict on them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall straiten them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his neighbour in the blockade, and in the siege wherewith their enemies shall besiege them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5693" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm">The Broken Jar</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·ha·’ă·ḵal·tîm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">I will make them eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śar (N-msc) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">the flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of their sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śar (N-msc) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: bə·nō·ṯê·hem (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">daughters,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵê·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and they will eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: rê·‘ê·hū (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">another’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śar- (N-msc) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/4692.htm" title="4692: bə·mā·ṣō·wr (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Siege enclosure, siege, entrenchment. Or matsuwr; from tsuwr; something hemming in, i.e. a mound, a siege, distress; or a fastness.">in the siege</a> <a href="/hebrew/4689.htm" title="4689: ū·ḇə·mā·ṣō·wq (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Straits, stress. From tsuwq; a narrow place, i.e. confinement or disability.">and distress</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6693.htm" title="6693: yā·ṣî·qū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To constrain, bring into straits, press upon. A primitive root; to compress, i.e. oppress, distress.">inflicted</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">on them</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: ’ō·yə·ḇê·hem (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3mp) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">by their enemies</a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: ū·mə·ḇaq·šê (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">who seek</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">their lives.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53-57</a></span><br />Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you. / The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, / refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a></span><br />You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm">2 Kings 6:28-29</a></span><br />Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ / So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a></span><br />The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a></span><br />As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Isaiah 9:20</a></span><br />They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25</a></span><br />Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-3.htm">2 Kings 25:3</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17</a></span><br />So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-3.htm">Micah 3:3</a></span><br />You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-43.htm">Luke 19:43</a></span><br />For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and narrow place, with which their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.</p><p class="hdg">eat the.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a></b></br> And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53-57</a></b></br> And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26-29</a></b></br> And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/64-12.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-9.htm">Another's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-21.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-3.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-8.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-29.htm">Imposed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Life</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Making</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Need</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-21.htm">Seeking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-17.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-55.htm">Straiten</a> <a href="/psalms/118-5.htm">Straitness</a> <a href="/titus/3-8.htm">Stress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/31-28.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-10.htm">Another's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-10.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-17.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-6.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-7.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-15.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-4.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-31.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-35.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-16.htm">Imposed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-13.htm">Life</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Making</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Need</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-8.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-7.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-25.htm">Seeking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Straiten</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Straitness</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">Stress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel, is foreshown the desolation of the Jews</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of ancient warfare, sieges often led to severe food shortages. The reference to cannibalism is a hyperbolic expression of the severity of the judgment God is pronouncing on Jerusalem due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience. This echoes earlier warnings found in <a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53</a>, where God warned Israel of such consequences if they turned away from Him. Historically, such events occurred during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, as recorded in <a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm">2 Kings 6:28-29</a> and <a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a>.<p><b>and they will eat one another’s flesh</b><br>This repetition emphasizes the horror and desperation that will befall the people. It serves as a vivid illustration of the breakdown of societal norms and family bonds under the pressure of divine judgment. The phrase underscores the complete reversal of natural affection, highlighting the severity of the punishment. This is not only a physical consequence but also a spiritual one, reflecting the depth of the people's rebellion against God.<p><b>in the siege and distress inflicted on them</b><br>The siege refers to the Babylonian assault on Jerusalem, which culminated in the city's destruction in 586 BC. The distress indicates the psychological and physical suffering experienced by the inhabitants. This was a fulfillment of prophetic warnings and serves as a historical example of the consequences of forsaking God's covenant. The siege is a type of the ultimate judgment that will come upon the world, as seen in the eschatological prophecies of Revelation.<p><b>by their enemies who seek their lives.</b><br>The enemies are the Babylonians, led by King Nebuchadnezzar, who were instruments of God's judgment. This phrase highlights the sovereignty of God in using even pagan nations to accomplish His purposes. It also reflects the reality of spiritual warfare, where the enemies of God's people are ultimately under His control. The seeking of their lives indicates the relentless pursuit and determination of the Babylonians to conquer and destroy, serving as a reminder of the seriousness of turning away from God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by warnings of impending disaster due to the people's unfaithfulness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which had turned away from God, engaging in idolatry and injustice. Jeremiah's prophecies were directed towards this kingdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/siege.htm">Siege</a></b><br>A military blockade and assault on a city, often leading to severe famine and desperation. The prophecy foretells such a siege on Jerusalem by the Babylonians.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonians.htm">Babylonians</a></b><br>The empire that would execute God's judgment on Judah, leading to the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of its people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The divine response to Judah's persistent sin and rebellion, manifesting in severe consequences as a means to bring the people back to repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_severity_of_sin.htm">The Severity of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has serious consequences, and persistent rebellion against God leads to devastating outcomes. This passage serves as a stark reminder of the gravity of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While God's judgment is severe, it is also just. His desire is for repentance and restoration, not destruction. Understanding this balance is crucial for comprehending God's character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The prophecy serves as a call to repentance, urging believers to examine their lives and turn away from sin before facing severe consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_judgment.htm">The Reality of Judgment</a></b><br>This passage challenges believers to take God's warnings seriously and to live in a way that honors Him, recognizing that judgment is a real and sobering possibility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_desperation.htm">Hope in Desperation</a></b><br>Even in the darkest times, God offers hope and a path to restoration. Believers are encouraged to seek God earnestly, even when circumstances seem dire.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">I will cause them to eat . . .</span>--Once again an echo, almost a quotation, from Deuteronomy (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm" title="And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the narrow place, with which your enemies shall distress you:">Deuteronomy 28:53</a>). The woes of that memorable chapter had obviously furnished the prophet both with imagery and language. In <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm" title="Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom you have done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?">Lamentations 2:20</a>; <a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm" title="The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.">Lamentations 4:10</a> we find proof of the fulfilment of the prediction. Thus, by the dread law of retribution, were the people to pay the penalty of their sin in the Melech sacrifices, in which they, sinning at once against natural affection and against the faith of their fathers, had slain their sons and daughters.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - The same description, almost verbatim, is given in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53</a>; (comp. <a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a>). For the fulfillment, see <a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will make them eat</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·’ă·ḵal·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the flesh</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשַׂ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·śar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and daughters,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֹתֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nō·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they will eat</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאכֵ֑לוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵê·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֥ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">another’s</span><br /><span class="heb">רֵעֵ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(rê·‘ê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> </span><span class="str2">Friend, companion, fellow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">flesh</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשַׂ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·śar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the siege</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמָצוֹר֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mā·ṣō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4692.htm">Strong's 4692: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and distress</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְמָצ֔וֹק</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·mā·ṣō·wq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4689.htm">Strong's 4689: </a> </span><span class="str2">A narrow place, confinement, disability</span><br /><br /><span class="word">inflicted</span><br /><span class="heb">יָצִ֧יקוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ṣî·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6693.htm">Strong's 6693: </a> </span><span class="str2">To constrain, bring into straits, press upon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on them</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">by their enemies</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·yə·ḇê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who seek</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mə·ḇaq·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> </span><span class="str2">To search out, to strive after</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their lives.’</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשָֽׁם׃</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 19:9 I will cause them to eat (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 19:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 19:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 19:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 19:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>