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class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I will send the sword, the famine, and the plague upon them until they are eliminated from the land which I gave to them and their forefathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216I will send the sword, the famine and the pestilence upon them until they are destroyed from the land which I gave to them and their forefathers.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence upon them until they are destroyed from the land which I gave to them and their forefathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence upon them until they come to an end from <i>being</i> upon the land which I gave to them and their fathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will send the sword, famine and virulent disease among them until they are consumed from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />War and hunger and disease will strike them, until they finally disappear from the land that I gave them and their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will send wars, famines, and plagues until they disappear from the land that I gave to them and their ancestors.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until there is not one of them left in the land that I gave to them and their ancestors." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they're completely destroyed from the land which I gave them and their ancestors.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have sent the sword against them, "" The famine and the pestilence, "" Until their consumption from off the ground, "" That I gave to them and to their fathers!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have sent against them the sword, The famine and the pestilence, Till their consumption from off the ground, That I gave to them and to their fathers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I sent among them the sword, the famine, and the death, even to the consuming them from off the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will send among them the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: till they be consumed out of the land which I gave to them, and their fathers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will send among them the sword, and famine, and pestilence: until they have been worn away from the land, which I gave to them and to their fathers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will send upon them sword, famine, and pestilence, until they have disappeared from the land which I gave them and their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they are utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their ancestors.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will send after them the sword, famine, and pestilence, till I shall destroy them off the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall send a sword and famine and plagues after them until I finish them from the land that I had given to them and to their fathers” <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will send against them famine, and pestilence, and the sword, until they are consumed from off the land which I gave them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/24-10.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=7228" 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/24.htm">The Good and Bad Figs</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šil·laḥ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">And I will send</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/ḇām (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">against them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ha·ḥe·reḇ (Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">sword</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/7458.htm" title="7458: hā·rā·‘āḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">and famine</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: had·dā·ḇer (Art:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">and plague,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/8552.htm" title="8552: tum·mām (V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive.">they have perished</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the land</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.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">to them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: wə·la·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">and their fathers.’”</a> </span><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/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21-22</a></span><br />The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess. / The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49-52</a></span><br />The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand, / a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young. / They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25-26</a></span><br />And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy. / When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Ezekiel 5:12</a></span><br />A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11-12</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague. / He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17-21</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, / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3-5</a></span><br />Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress. / The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish. / Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-21.htm">Lamentations 2:21-22</a></span><br />Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion. / You summoned my terrors on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Isaiah 51:19</a></span><br />These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-10</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7-8</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. / All these are the beginning of birth pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-10.htm">Luke 21:10-11</a></span><br />Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. / There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a></span><br />Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Ezekiel 14:21</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?</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 send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Jeremiah 5:12</a></b></br> They have belied the LORD, and said, <i>It is</i> not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16</a></b></br> I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">Jeremiah 14:15,16</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/21-14.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Consumption</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-20.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-39.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-3.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-8.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-16.htm">Need</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-39.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Consumption</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-5.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-17.htm">Need</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-8.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-13.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-16.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/24-1.htm">Under the type of good and bad figs,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/24-4.htm">he foreshows the restoration of those who were in captivity;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/24-8.htm">and the desolation of Zedekiah and the rest.</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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These judgments are consistent with the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25-26</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21-25</a>, where disobedience to God's laws results in severe consequences. Historically, these calamities were common in the ancient Near East, often resulting from sieges and invasions, such as those by the Babylonians. Theologically, this reflects God's sovereignty and justice, emphasizing that He controls the forces of nature and history to fulfill His purposes.<p><b>until they have perished from the land</b><br>The phrase indicates the totality and finality of the judgment. The land, a central element of the Abrahamic covenant (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>), was a sign of God's promise and blessing. Being removed from it signifies a severe breach in the relationship between God and His people. This expulsion foreshadows the Babylonian exile, where the Israelites were taken from their homeland as a consequence of their persistent idolatry and disobedience. It serves as a warning of the seriousness of sin and the reality of divine retribution.<p><b>that I gave to them and their fathers.’”</b><br>This part of the verse underscores the covenantal relationship between God and Israel. The land was a gift from God, promised to the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—and their descendants (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>). The mention of "their fathers" highlights the continuity of God's promises and the faithfulness expected from each generation. The loss of the land is not just a physical displacement but a spiritual crisis, as it represents a break in the covenant. This also points to the need for a new covenant, which Christians believe is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who restores the relationship between God and humanity (<a href="/hebrews/8-6.htm">Hebrews 8:6-13</a>).<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 warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by themes of judgment and restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The event where the people of Judah were taken captive by the Babylonians, serving as a backdrop to Jeremiah's prophecies. This exile was a direct consequence of their disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sword,_famine,_and_plague.htm">Sword, Famine, and Plague</a></b><br>These are instruments of God's judgment. The "sword" represents warfare and destruction, "famine" indicates a lack of sustenance, and "plague" signifies disease and death.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>Refers to the Promised Land given by God to the Israelites, a symbol of God's covenant and blessing, which they risk losing due to their unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has real and severe consequences. Just as Judah faced sword, famine, and plague, we must recognize the gravity of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God is just and sovereign, and His judgments are righteous. Understanding this helps us trust in His ultimate plan, even when it involves discipline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>God's warnings are an invitation to repentance. We should heed His call to turn from sin and seek His forgiveness and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were called to be faithful to their covenant with God, we are called to live in faithfulness to our relationship with Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While judgment is severe, God's ultimate desire is restoration and redemption, as seen in the broader account of Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_jeremiah_27_with_archaeology.htm">How do we address the discrepancy between Jeremiah 27's portrayal of divine judgment on nations and archaeological findings that may not support widespread destruction or subjugation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_harm_his_people_for_mercy.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 – Why would a benevolent God inflict war, famine, and pestilence on His own people if His ultimate plan was restoration and mercy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_jer_42's_promises_conflict_with_jer_43.htm">Do the promises in Jer 42 about the safety of the remnant conflict with the calamities in Jer 43?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_findings_confirm_ezekiel_14_13-21.htm">Are there any archaeological findings that confirm the severe judgments (famine, wild beasts, sword, plague) predicted in Ezekiel 14:13-21?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">The sword, the famine, and the pestilence.</span>--The three forms of suffering are grouped together, as in <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm" title="When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.">Jeremiah 14:12</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm" title="For thus said the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?">Ezekiel 14:21</a>. The two latter followed almost inevitably in the wake of the first.<p><span class= "bld"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/24-10.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">And I will send</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁלַּ֣חְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šil·laḥ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sword,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֶ֖רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">famine,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָעָ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rā·‘āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> </span><span class="str2">Famine, hunger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and plague</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדָּ֑בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(had·dā·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pestilence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against them,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until they have perished</span><br /><span class="heb">תֻּמָּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(tum·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8552.htm">Strong's 8552: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete or finished</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֲדָמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I gave</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֥תִּי</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their fathers.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·la·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 24:10 I will send the sword the famine (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 24:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 24:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/25-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 25:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 25:1" /></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>