CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 19:7 And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/19-7.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/12/24_Jer_19_07.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Jeremiah 19:7 - The Broken Jar" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/jeremiah/19-7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/jeremiah/19-7.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/jeremiah/">Jeremiah</a> > <a href="/jeremiah/19.htm">Chapter 19</a> > Verse 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad7.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm" title="Jeremiah 19:6">◄</a> Jeremiah 19:7 <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm" title="Jeremiah 19:8">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/19.htm">New International Version</a> &#8220&#8217In this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds and the wild animals. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> “‘For I will upset the careful plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will allow the people to be slaughtered by invading armies, and I will leave their dead bodies as food for the vultures and wild animals. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19.htm">King James Bible</a> And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/19.htm">New King James Version</a> And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives; their corpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And I will frustrate the planning of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will make their carcasses food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And I shall make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I shall cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I shall give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> I will empty out the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem to the point of destruction in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I will pour out and nullify the counsel (plans) of [the men of] Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will make their people fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives; and I will give their dead bodies as food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who intend to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who want to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You people of Judah and Jerusalem may have big plans, but here in this valley I'll ruin those plans. I'll let your enemies kill you, and I'll tell the birds and wild animals to eat your dead bodies. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will smash the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will cut them down with swords in front of their enemies and with the hands of those who want to kill them. I will give their bodies as food to birds and to animals. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> In this place I will frustrate all the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will let their enemies triumph over them and kill them in battle. I will give their corpses to the birds and the wild animals as food. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'll shatter the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I'll make them fall by the sword before their enemies and at the hands of those seeking their lives. I'll give their dead bodies as food to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the land. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. <a href="/net/jeremiah/19.htm">NET Bible</a> In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcasses will I give to be food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. <a href="/web/jeremiah/19.htm">World English Bible</a> “‘“I will make the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem void in this place. I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies to be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcass for food to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, <a href="/slt/jeremiah/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I emptied out the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them seeking their soul: and I gave their carcasses for food to the fowls of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will defeat the counsel of Juda and of Jerusalem in this place: and I will destroy them with the sword in the sight of their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their carcasses to be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I will scatter the counsel of Judah and of Jerusalem in this place. And I will overthrow them with the sword, in the sight of their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives. And I will give their carcasses to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the land as food. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Bible</a> In this place I will foil the plan of Judah and Jerusalem; I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hand of those who seek their lives. Their corpses I will give as food to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the earth.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives; and their corpses will I give as food for the fowls of the air and for the wild beasts of the earth. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall destroy the counsel of Judea and of Jerusalem in this place, and I shall cast them by the sword in front of their enemies, by the hand of those who seek their lives, and I shall give their corpses as food for the bird of the sky and for the beast of the Earth<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life; and their carcasses will I give to be food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; <a href="/sep/jeremiah/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I will destroy the counsel of Juda and the counsel of Jerusalem in this place; and I will cast them down with the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the earth. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/19-7.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=5662" 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/19.htm">The Broken Jar</a> …6So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. 7<a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">And in this</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bam·mā·qō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">place</a> <a href="/hebrew/1238.htm" title="1238: ū·ḇaq·qō·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to pour out, i.e. To empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out.">I will ruin</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/6098.htm" title="6098: ‘ă·ṣaṯ (N-fsc) -- Counsel, advice. From ya'ats; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence.">the plans</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: wî·rū·šā·lim (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">and Jerusalem.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wə·hip·pal·tîm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">I will make them fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ba·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</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.">their enemies,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: ū·ḇə·yaḏ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">by the hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: mə·ḇaq·šê (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">of those 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> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and I will give</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/5038.htm" title="5038: niḇ·lā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- A carcass, corpse. From nabel; a flabby thing, i.e. A carcase or carrion; figuratively, an idol.">their carcasses</a> <a href="/hebrew/3978.htm" title="3978: lə·ma·’ă·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Food. From 'akal; an eatable.">as food</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: lə·‘ō·wp̄ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">to the birds</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of the air</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: ū·lə·ḇe·hĕ·maṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">and the beasts</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth.</a> 8I 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.…<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="/leviticus/26-17.htm">Leviticus 26:17</a> And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Deuteronomy 28:25</a> The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Isaiah 30:28</a> His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray. <a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-3</a> The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. <a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Jeremiah 7:33</a> The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away. <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Jeremiah 15:3</a> I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a> “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.” <a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Jeremiah 25:33</a> Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground. <a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Jeremiah 34:20</a> I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. <a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Ezekiel 6:5</a> I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars. <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-20</a> And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ... <a href="/1_samuel/17-46.htm">1 Samuel 17:46</a> This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">2 Kings 9:36-37</a> So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel. / And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’” <a href="/psalms/79-2.htm">Psalm 79:2-3</a> They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. / They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a> Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcasses will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.I will make.<a href="/job/5-12.htm">Job 5:12,13</a> He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise… <a href="/psalms/33-10.htm">Psalm 33:10,11</a> The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect… <a href="/proverbs/21-30.htm">Proverbs 21:30</a> There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.I will cause.<a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21</a> For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.<a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2,9</a> And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity… <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21</a> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.and their.<a href="/jeremiah/7-33.htm">Jeremiah 7:33</a> And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.<a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Jeremiah 8:2</a> And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.<a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Jeremiah 9:22</a> Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Carcases</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-7.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-17.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-8.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-8.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-6.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-20.htm">Life</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-21.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-23.htm">Void</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-5.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-40.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Carcases</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Carcasses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-18.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-10.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-4.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-20.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-4.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-13.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Life</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-4.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Void</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 19</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel, is foreshown the desolation of the Jews</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. This phrase indicates a divine judgment pronounced by God through the prophet Jeremiah. The "place" refers to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, a site associated with idolatry and child sacrifice (<a href="/jeremiah/19-2.htm">Jeremiah 19:2-6</a>). The plans of Judah and Jerusalem likely refer to their political and military strategies, as well as their religious practices, which were contrary to God's commands. This judgment reflects the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where disobedience leads to consequences (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>).I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, This part of the prophecy foretells military defeat. Historically, this was fulfilled during the Babylonian invasion when Jerusalem fell in 586 BC. The "sword" symbolizes warfare and divine retribution. The enemies, in this context, are the Babylonians, who were instruments of God's judgment. This echoes earlier warnings given by prophets like Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/39-6.htm">Isaiah 39:6-7</a>).by the hands of those who seek their lives, The phrase emphasizes the personal nature of the threat. The Babylonians, led by King Nebuchadnezzar, were actively seeking to conquer and destroy Jerusalem. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God using foreign nations to discipline His people, as seen in the Assyrian conquest of the Northern Kingdom (<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a>).and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. This imagery is a common biblical motif for disgrace and dishonor in death (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26</a>). It signifies a complete and utter defeat, where the dead are left unburied, a fate considered shameful in ancient Near Eastern cultures. This also serves as a stark warning of the consequences of forsaking God, reminiscent of the curses outlined in the Mosaic Law.<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 judgment and hope to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, often warned by prophets for their disobedience to God. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, central to Jewish worship and identity, yet often criticized by prophets for its idolatry and injustice. 4. <a href="/topical/e/enemies_of_judah_and_jerusalem.htm">Enemies of Judah and Jerusalem</a> Nations and peoples used by God as instruments of judgment against Judah for their unfaithfulness. 5. <a href="/topical/b/birds_of_the_air_and_beasts_of_the_earth.htm">Birds of the air and beasts of the earth</a> Symbolic of the complete devastation and disgrace that would come upon Judah, as their bodies would be left unburied.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> God's warnings through Jeremiah highlight the serious consequences of turning away from His commandments. Disobedience leads to judgment and ruin. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> The prophecy underscores God's control over nations and events. He uses even the enemies of His people to accomplish His purposes. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a> The fulfillment of prophecies like this one in history assures us of the reliability and truth of God's Word. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> The dire warnings serve as a call to repentance, urging us to turn back to God and seek His mercy. <a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a> While the immediate message is one of judgment, the broader account of Scripture offers hope and restoration for those who return to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 19</a> <a href="/q/why_would_a_just_deity_allow_disasters.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 — How can a loving or just deity sanction such extreme disasters upon an entire city, including the innocent, as portrayed here?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'subject_to_authorities'_mean.htm">What horrors occur in the Valley of Slaughter?</a> <a href="/q/key_themes_in_jeremiah.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Jeremiah?</a> <a href="/q/what_horrors_happen_in_the_valley.htm">What horrors occur in the Valley of Slaughter?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) I will make void.--The Hebrew verb (bakak) is onomatopoetic, as representing the gurgling sound of water flowing from the mouth of a jar, and contains, as stated in the note on <a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm" title="Thus said the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;">Jeremiah 19:1</a>, the root of the word rendered "bottle," and was obviously chosen with an allusive reference to it. Such a play upon the sound and sense of words is quite in accordance with the genius of Hebrew prophecy, but it is obviously in most cases impossible to reproduce it in another language. The primary meaning is "to pour out, to spill," and so "to waste, or bring to nought." (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm" title="And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the middle thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.">Isaiah 19:3</a>.) Some interpreters have supposed that the words were accompanied by corresponding acts, and that the earthen bottle, which the prophet had brought filled with water, was now emptied in the sight of the people, with a symbolism like that of <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm" title="And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.">1Samuel 7:6</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/14-14.htm" title="For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person: yet does he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.">2Samuel 14:14</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - I will make void; literally, I will pour out, alluding to the etymology of the word rendered "bottle" in ver. 1. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And in this הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that place בַּמָּק֣וֹם (bam·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition I will ruin וּ֠בַקֹּתִי (ū·ḇaq·qō·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1238.htm">Strong's 1238: </a> To pour out, to empty, to depopulate, to spread out the plans עֲצַ֨ת (‘ă·ṣaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6098.htm">Strong's 6098: </a> Advice, plan, prudence of Judah יְהוּדָ֤ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and Jerusalem. וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (wî·rū·šā·lim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel I will make them fall וְהִפַּלְתִּ֤ים (wə·hip·pal·tîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> To fall, lie by the sword בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ (ba·ḥe·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 before לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face their enemies, אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם (’ō·yə·ḇê·hem) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> Hating, an adversary by the hands וּבְיַ֖ד (ū·ḇə·yaḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of those who seek מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י (mə·ḇaq·šê) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> To search out, to strive after their lives, נַפְשָׁ֑ם (nap̄·šām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion and I will give וְנָתַתִּ֤י (wə·nā·ṯat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set their carcasses נִבְלָתָם֙ (niḇ·lā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5038.htm">Strong's 5038: </a> A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol as food לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל (lə·ma·’ă·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3978.htm">Strong's 3978: </a> An eatable to the birds לְע֥וֹף (lə·‘ō·wp̄) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> Flying creatures of the sky הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky and the beasts וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (ū·lə·ḇe·hĕ·maṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal of the earth. הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-7.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 19:7 I will make void the counsel (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 19:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 19:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 19:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 19:8" /></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>