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With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> They will devour the food of your harvest; they will devour your sons and daughters. They will devour your flocks and herds; they will devour your grapes and figs. And they will destroy your fortified towns, which you think are so safe. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> They shall eat up your harvest and your food; they shall eat up your sons and your daughters; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; your fortified cities in which you trust they shall beat down with the sword.” <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.” <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a> And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a> And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread, Which your sons and daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds; They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; They shall destroy your fortified cities, In which you trust, with the sword. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “They will devour your harvest and your food; They will devour your sons and your daughters; They will devour your flocks and your herds; They will devour your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220They will devour your harvest and your food; They will devour your sons and your daughters; They will devour your flocks and your herds; They will devour your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And they will devour your harvest and your food; They will devour your sons and your daughters; They will devour your flocks and your herds; They will devour your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> They will devour your harvest and your food; They will devour your sons and your daughters; They will devour your flocks and your herds; They will devour your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “They will consume your harvest and [eat up] your bread; They will consume your sons and your daughters; They will consume your flocks and your herds; They will consume your vines and your fig trees. With the sword they will break down and demolish your fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They will consume your harvest and your food. They will consume your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vines and your fig trees. With the sword they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They will consume your harvest and your food. They will consume your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vines and your fig trees. They will destroy with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> This nation will eat your crops and livestock; they will leave no fruit on your vines or fig trees. And although you feel safe behind thick walls, your towns will be destroyed and your children killed. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they shall eat up thine harvest and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall beat down thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They will devour your harvest and your food. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will devour your flocks and your cattle. They will devour your grapevines and your fig trees. With their swords they will destroy the fortified cities you trust. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> They will devour your crops and your food; they will kill your sons and your daughters. They will slaughter your flocks and your herds and destroy your vines and fig trees. The fortified cities in which you trust will be destroyed by their army. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> "They'll devour your harvest and your food. They'll devour your sons and your daughters. They'll devour your vines and your fig trees. With their swords they'll batter down your fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.? <a href="/net/jeremiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a> They will eat up your crops and your food. They will kill off your sons and your daughters. They will eat up your sheep and your cattle. They will destroy your vines and your fig trees. Their weapons will batter down the fortified cities you trust in. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees: they shall impoverish with the sword thy fortified cities, in which thou hast trusted. <a href="/web/jeremiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a> They will eat up your harvest and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They will eat up your flocks and your herds. They will eat up your vines and your fig trees. They will beat down your fortified cities in which you trust with the sword. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it has consumed your harvest and your bread, "" They consume your sons, and your daughters, "" It consumes your flock, and your herd, "" It consumes your vine and your fig tree, "" It makes your fortified cities poor, "" In which you are trusting—by the sword. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it hath consumed thy harvest and thy bread, They consume thy sons, and thy daughters, It consumeth thy flock, and thy herd, It consumeth thy vine, and thy fig-tree, It maketh poor thy fenced cities, In which thou art trusting -- by the sword. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it ate thy harvest and thy bread, that thy sons and thy daughters shall eat: it shall eat thy sheep and thine oxen: it shall eat thy vine and thy fig trees: it shall break down thy fortified cities which thou trustedst in them, with the sword.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they will consume your grain fields and your bread. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vineyards and your figs. And with the sword, they will crush your fortified cities, in which you have placed your trust. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a> They will devour your harvest and your bread, devour your sons and your daughters, Devour your sheep and cattle, devour your vines and fig trees; With their swords they will beat down the fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They shall eat up your harvest and your food; they shall eat up your sons and your daughters; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; they shall destroy with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; they shall impoverish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> It will eat your harvest and your bread and it will eat your sons and your daughters; it will eat your sheep and your oxen, it will eat your vines and your figs; it shall impoverish by the sword the cities of your strength on which you trust<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, They shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters, They shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds, They shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; They shall batter thy fortified cities, Wherein thou trusteth, with the sword. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and they shall devour you harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig-plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein ye trusted, with the sword. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1551" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Judgment Proclaimed</a> …16Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men. 17<a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">They will devour</a> <a href="/hebrew/7105.htm" title="7105: qə·ṣî·rə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From qatsar; severed, i.e. Harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb.">your harvest</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: wə·laḥ·me·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">and food;</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">they will consume</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·ne·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">your sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯe·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">and daughters;</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">they will eat up</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣō·nə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">your flocks</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: ū·ḇə·qā·re·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd.">and herds;</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">they will feed on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1612.htm" title="1612: gap̄·nə·ḵā (N-csc:: 2ms) -- A vine. From an unused root meaning to bend; a vine, especially the grape.">your vines</a> <a href="/hebrew/8384.htm" title="8384: ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯe·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Fig tree. Or t:enah; perhaps of foreign derivation; the fig.">and fig trees.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: be·ḥā·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">With the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/7567.htm" title="7567: yə·rō·šêš (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To beat down, shatter. A primitive root; to demolish.">they will destroy</a> <a href="/hebrew/4013.htm" title="4013: miḇ·ṣā·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Fortification. Also feminine mibtsarah; from batsar; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender.">the fortified</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rê (N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities</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.">in which</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/982.htm" title="982: bō·w·ṭê·aḥ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To trust. A primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge; figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure.">trust.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hên·nāh (Prep-b:: Pro-3fp) -- "></a> 18“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-30.htm">Deuteronomy 28:30-33</a> You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit. / Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you. / Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand. ... <a href="/joel/1-6.htm">Joel 1:6-7</a> For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness. / It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white. <a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a> Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers. <a href="/lamentations/1-10.htm">Lamentations 1:10</a> The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly. <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Ezekiel 25:4</a> therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk. <a href="/hosea/8-7.htm">Hosea 8:7</a> For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up. <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Micah 6:15</a> You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine. <a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">Habakkuk 3:17</a> Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, <a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Zephaniah 1:13</a> Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine. <a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17-19</a> 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, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. <a href="/nehemiah/9-37.htm">Nehemiah 9:37</a> Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress. <a href="/psalms/79-7.htm">Psalm 79:7</a> for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Isaiah 62:8-9</a> The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled. / For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.” <a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a> Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat: they shall eat up your flocks and your herds: they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees: they shall impoverish your fenced cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword.And they.<a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a> I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-30.htm">Deuteronomy 28:30,31,33</a> Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof… <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3,4</a> And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; … they shall impoverish.<a href="/jeremiah/1-15.htm">Jeremiah 1:15</a> For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.<a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Jeremiah 4:7,26</a> The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant… <a href="/lamentations/2-2.htm">Lamentations 2:2</a> The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-16.htm">Fig</a> <a href="/psalms/105-33.htm">Fig-Trees</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-5.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm">Herds</a> <a href="/judges/14-15.htm">Impoverish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-10.htm">Trusted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-52.htm">Trustedst</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm">Trustest</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Trusteth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Vines</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-4.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-7.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-20.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Fig</a> <a href="/hosea/2-12.htm">Fig-Trees</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-14.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/hosea/5-6.htm">Herds</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-4.htm">Impoverish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-25.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Trusted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Trustedst</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-19.htm">Trustest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Trusteth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm">Vines</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 5</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">for their adultery;</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">for their impiety;</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">for their worship of idols;</a> 19. <a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">for their contempt of God;</a> 25. <a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">and for their great corruption in the civil state;</a> 30. <a href="/jeremiah/5-30.htm">and ecclesiastical.</a> </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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This phrase indicates a complete loss of agricultural produce, which was the backbone of the economy and sustenance in ancient Israel. The devouring of the harvest signifies an invading force, likely the Babylonians, who would take the produce for themselves, leaving the Israelites in famine. This echoes the curses of disobedience found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a>, where foreign nations consume the labor of the Israelites. The harvest is often symbolic of God's provision, and its loss represents divine judgment.they will consume your sons and daughters; The consumption of sons and daughters can be understood both literally and metaphorically. Literally, it refers to the capture and exile of the young generation by the invading forces. Metaphorically, it signifies the loss of future hope and continuity for the nation. This aligns with the warnings in <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a>, where disobedience leads to the loss of children. The family unit, central to Israelite society, is being dismantled as a consequence of turning away from God.they will eat up your flocks and herds; Flocks and herds were vital for the Israelites, providing food, clothing, and sacrificial animals. The loss of livestock indicates economic ruin and religious disruption, as sacrifices were integral to worship. This devastation is reminiscent of the plagues in Egypt, where livestock were also affected (<a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Exodus 9:3-6</a>). The imagery of consuming flocks and herds underscores the totality of the judgment and the stripping away of God's blessings.they will feed on your vines and fig trees. Vines and fig trees symbolize peace and prosperity in the Old Testament (<a href="/1_kings/4-25.htm">1 Kings 4:25</a>, <a href="/micah/4-4.htm">Micah 4:4</a>). Their destruction represents the loss of stability and abundance. The vine is often a metaphor for Israel itself (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>), and its consumption by enemies signifies the nation's spiritual and physical desolation. The fig tree, associated with security and well-being, being devoured, highlights the reversal of fortunes due to covenant unfaithfulness.With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.” Fortified cities were seen as places of refuge and strength. The destruction of these cities by the sword indicates the futility of relying on human defenses rather than God. This reflects the broader biblical theme that true security comes from faithfulness to God, not military might (<a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a>). The mention of the sword emphasizes the violence and inevitability of the coming judgment, fulfilling prophecies of destruction for disobedience (<a href="/jeremiah/4-5.htm">Jeremiah 4:5-6</a>). The trust in fortified cities is misplaced, as only God can provide true protection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by themes of repentance and judgment. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent sin and rebellion against God. 3. <a href="/topical/i/invading_nations.htm">Invading Nations</a> Refers to the foreign powers, particularly Babylon, that God would use as instruments of judgment against Judah for their disobedience. 4. <a href="/topical/f/fortified_cities.htm">Fortified Cities</a> These were the strongholds in which the people of Judah placed their trust for protection, rather than relying on God. 5. <a href="/topical/h/harvest_and_food.htm">Harvest and Food</a> Symbolic of the sustenance and blessings that God provided, which would be taken away as a consequence of the people's sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> God's warnings through His prophets are serious and should not be ignored. Persistent sin leads to severe consequences, as seen in the loss of sustenance and security. <a href="/topical/m/misplaced_trust.htm">Misplaced Trust</a> Trusting in human strength, wealth, or fortifications instead of God leads to downfall. True security is found only in reliance on God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God uses nations and events to accomplish His purposes. Understanding His sovereignty helps us trust His plans, even in difficult times. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> While judgment is certain for unrepentant sin, God always offers a path to restoration through repentance. This is a recurring theme in the prophetic books. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> Prophets like Jeremiah were tasked with delivering God's messages, often facing opposition. Their role reminds us of the importance of speaking truth, even when it is unpopular.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) Which thy sons and thy daughters should eat.--There is no relative pronoun in the Hebrew, and the clause stands parallel with the others, they shall eat (i.e., destroy) thy sons and thy daughters, and is so translated in all the older versions. In the other clauses the verb is in the singular, "it (i.e., the invading army) shall eat."Impoverish.--Better, break down, or shatter. The "sword" is used, as in <a href="/ezekiel/26-9.htm" title="And he shall set engines of war against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.">Ezekiel 26:9</a>, for "battle-axes" and other weapons used in attacking cities.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - Which thy sons and thy daughters, etc.; rather, they shall eat that sons and thy daughters. In the other clauses of the verse the verb is in the singular, the subject being the hostile nation. They shall impoverish, etc.; rather, it shall batter... with weapons of war (so rightly Payne Smith); kherebh, commonly rendered "sword." is applied to any cutting instrument, such as a razor (<a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Ezekiel 5:1</a>), a mason's tool (<a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Exodus 20:25</a>), and, as here and <a href="/ezekiel/26-9.htm">Ezekiel 26:9</a>, weapons of war in general. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>They will devour וְאָכַ֨ל (wə·’ā·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat your harvest קְצִֽירְךָ֜ (qə·ṣî·rə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb and food; וְלַחְמֶ֗ךָ (wə·laḥ·me·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> Food, bread, grain they will consume יֹאכְלוּ֙ (yō·ḵə·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat your sons בָּנֶ֣יךָ (bā·ne·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son and daughters; וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יךָ (ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter they will eat up יֹאכַ֤ל (yō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat your flocks צֹאנְךָ֙ (ṣō·nə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and herds; וּבְקָרֶ֔ךָ (ū·ḇə·qā·re·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1241.htm">Strong's 1241: </a> Beef cattle, ox, a herd they will feed on יֹאכַ֥ל (yō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat your vines גַּפְנְךָ֖ (gap̄·nə·ḵā) Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1612.htm">Strong's 1612: </a> A vine, the grape and fig trees. וּתְאֵנָתֶ֑ךָ (ū·ṯə·’ê·nā·ṯe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8384.htm">Strong's 8384: </a> Of foreign derivation, the fig With the sword בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (be·ḥā·reḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword they will destroy יְרֹשֵׁ֞שׁ (yə·rō·šêš) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7567.htm">Strong's 7567: </a> To beat down, shatter the fortified מִבְצָרֶ֗יךָ (miḇ·ṣā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4013.htm">Strong's 4013: </a> A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender cities עָרֵ֣י (‘ā·rê) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement in which אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you אַתָּ֛ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you trust. בּוֹטֵ֥חַ (bō·w·ṭê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_982.htm">Strong's 982: </a> To trust, be confident, sure <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:17 They shall eat up your harvest (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/5-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/5-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:18" /></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>