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Let their wives be made childless and widows; let their men be put to death, their young men slain by the sword in battle. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/18.htm">New Living Translation</a> So let their children starve! Let them die by the sword! Let their wives become childless widows. Let their old men die in a plague, and let their young men be killed in battle! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> Therefore deliver up their children to famine; give them over to the power of the sword; let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/18.htm">King James Bible</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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/18.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, And pour out their blood By the force of the sword; Let their wives become widows And bereaved of their children. Let their men be put to death, Their young men be slain By the sword in battle. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore, give their children over to famine And turn them over to the power of the sword; And let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be slaughtered to death, Their young men struck and killed by the sword in battle. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore, give their children over to famine And deliver them up to the power of the sword; And let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be smitten to death, Their young men struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Therefore, give their children over to famine, And deliver them up to the power of the sword; And let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be smitten to death, Their young men struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore, give their children over to famine And deliver them up to the power of the sword; And let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be smitten to death, Their young men struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore, give their children over to the famine; Give them over to the power of the sword. And let their wives become childless and widowed; Let their men meet death [by virulent disease], Their young men be struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, hand their children over to famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, their husbands slain by deadly disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, hand their children over to famine, and pour the sword&#8217s power on them. Let their wives become childless and widowed, their husbands slain by deadly disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But now I am asking you to let their children starve or be killed in war. Let women lose their husbands and sons to disease and violence. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men smitten of the sword in battle. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Now, hand their children over to famine. Pour out their [blood] by using your sword. Then their wives will become childless widows. Their husbands will be put to death. Their young men will be struck down in battle. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> But now, LORD, let their children starve to death; let them be killed in war. Let the women lose their husbands and children; let the men die of disease and the young men be killed in battle. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore, make their children undergo famine, and deliver them over to death in time of war. May their women be childless widows! May their men be slaughtered! May their young men be slain by the sword in battle! <a href="/msb/jeremiah/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/net/jeremiah/18.htm">NET Bible</a> So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men struck of the sword in battle. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore deliver 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/18.htm">World English Bible</a> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Therefore, give up their sons to famine, "" And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, "" And their wives are bereaved and widows, "" And their men are slain by death, "" Their young men [are] struck by sword in battle, <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle, <a href="/slt/jeremiah/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For this, give their sons to the famine, and pour them out upon the hands of the sword; and their wives shall be bereaved of offspring, and be widows; and their men shall be slain by death; their young men struck of the sword in battle.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Because of this, give their sons over to famine, and bring them to the hand of the sword. Let their wives be widows without children. And let their husbands be slain by death. Let their youths be stabbed with the sword in battle. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/18.htm">New American Bible</a> So now, give their children to famine, deliver them to the power of the sword. Let their wives be childless and widows; let their husbands die of pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Therefore give their children over to famine; hurl them out to the power of the sword, let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be slain by the sword in battle.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore give their children to famine and deliver them to the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and become widows; and let their men be put to death and their young men be slain by the sword in battle. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because of this, give their children to starvation, and deliver them to the hand of the sword. Their wives shall be bereaved and become widows, and their mighty men shall be slain by death, and their young men slain by the sword in war!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, And hurl them to the power of the sword; And let their wives be bereaved of their children, and widows; And let their men be slain of death, And their young men smitten of the sword in battle. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Therefore do thou deliver their sons to famine, and gather them to the power of the sword: let their women be childless and widows; and let their men be cut off by death, and their young men fall by the sword in war. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/18-21.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=5530" 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/18.htm">The Plot Against Jeremiah</a> …20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them. 21<a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">hand their children</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: tên (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">over</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: lā·rā·‘āḇ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">to famine;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5064.htm" title="5064: wə·hag·gi·rêm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over.">pour out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê- (N-fdc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the power</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">of the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: nə·šê·hem (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">Let their wives</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·ṯih·ye·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3fp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">become</a> <a href="/hebrew/7909.htm" title="7909: šak·ku·lō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Childless. Or shakkul; from shakol; bereaved.">childless</a> <a href="/hebrew/490.htm" title="490: wə·’al·mā·nō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- A widow. Fem of 'alman; a widow; also a desolate place.">and widowed;</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: wə·’an·šê·hem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">let their husbands</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: hă·ru·ḡê (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mpc) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.">be slain</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mā·weṯ (N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">by disease,</a> <a href="/hebrew/970.htm" title="970: ba·ḥū·rê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A young man. Or bachur; participle passive of bachar; properly, selected, i.e. A youth.">their young men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: muk·kê- (V-Hofal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">struck down</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (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/4421.htm" title="4421: bam·mil·ḥā·māh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">in battle.</a> 22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.…<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="/psalms/109-9.htm">Psalm 109:9-15</a> May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. / May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. / May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/28-32.htm">Deuteronomy 28:32</a> 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="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Lamentations 2:20-22</a> Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? / 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. <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Isaiah 9:17</a> Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12-14</a> Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! / I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter. / Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up! <a href="/ezekiel/9-5.htm">Ezekiel 9:5-6</a> And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. <a href="/1_samuel/15-33.htm">1 Samuel 15:33</a> But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal. <a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">2 Kings 2:23-24</a> From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” / Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. <a href="/psalms/137-8.htm">Psalm 137:8-9</a> O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. / Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17</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, <a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34-36</a> Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. / And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. <a href="/luke/11-49.htm">Luke 11:49-51</a> Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ / As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation. <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Revelation 6:9-11</a> And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. / And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?” / Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed. <a href="/romans/11-9.htm">Romans 11:9-10</a> And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. / May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.” <a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.deliver.<a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Jeremiah 11:20-23</a> But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause… <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3</a> But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.<a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">Jeremiah 20:1-6,11,12</a> Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things… pour out their blood.<a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2,3,8</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/16-3.htm">Jeremiah 16:3,4</a> For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; … <a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Exodus 22:24</a> And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.let their young.<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/11-22.htm">Jeremiah 11:22</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:<a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17</a> Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/job/24-21.htm">Childless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-21.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-11.htm">Force</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-13.htm">Hurl</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-21.htm">Power</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/james/1-27.htm">Widowed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-8.htm">Widows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/28-8.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-30.htm">Childless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-5.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-7.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Force</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-26.htm">Hurl</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Power</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-7.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Widowed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-11.htm">Widows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Wives</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-38.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 18</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/18-1.htm">Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations.</a> 11. <a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt.</a> 18. <a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Jeremiah prays against his conspirators.</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 reflects the severe consequences of disobedience and rebellion against God. In the context of Jeremiah, the people of Judah had persistently turned away from God, despite numerous warnings. Famine is often used in the Bible as a form of divine judgment (<a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/5-16.htm">Ezekiel 5:16</a>). It signifies not only physical hunger but also spiritual desolation. The handing over of children to famine underscores the depth of the nation's sin, affecting even the most vulnerable.pour out the power of the sword upon them. The sword symbolizes war and destruction, a common theme in prophetic literature as a tool of divine retribution (<a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/21-3.htm">Ezekiel 21:3-5</a>). The "power of the sword" indicates a complete and overwhelming defeat, suggesting that the people will face not just military defeat but also the loss of protection and peace. This phrase highlights the seriousness of turning away from God's covenant, as the sword often represents God's judgment against nations (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-41.htm">Deuteronomy 32:41-42</a>).Let their wives become childless and widowed; This part of the verse emphasizes the social and familial devastation that results from judgment. In ancient Near Eastern culture, women relied heavily on their husbands and children for social status and economic security. Becoming childless and widowed would leave them vulnerable and destitute. This reflects the broader theme of societal collapse due to sin, as seen in <a href="/lamentations/1.htm">Lamentations 1:1</a>, where Jerusalem is described as a widow.let their husbands be slain by disease, Disease as a form of judgment is seen throughout the Bible, often accompanying war and famine (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21-22</a>). It serves as a reminder of the frailty of human life and the consequences of living outside of God's will. The slaying of husbands by disease further compounds the suffering of the community, leaving families without providers and protectors.their young men struck down by the sword in battle. Young men represent the strength and future of a nation. Their being struck down in battle signifies not only immediate loss but also a bleak future for the community. This phrase connects to the broader biblical narrative where the loss of young warriors is a sign of divine displeasure and a precursor to national decline (<a href="/2_samuel/1-25.htm">2 Samuel 1:25</a>, <a href="/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10</a>). It underscores the theme of judgment and the dire consequences of forsaking God's commandments.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who is delivering God's message. Known for his lamentations and warnings to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the primary audience of Jeremiah's prophecies. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The divine speaker through Jeremiah, expressing judgment against the people of Judah. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_enemies_of_jeremiah.htm">The Enemies of Jeremiah</a> Those who oppose Jeremiah's prophetic message and seek to harm him. 5. <a href="/topical/f/famine,_sword,_and_disease.htm">Famine, Sword, and Disease</a> Instruments of divine judgment mentioned in the verse, symbolizing the severe consequences of disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a> Sin has severe consequences, both spiritually and physically. Jeremiah's plea reflects the gravity of turning away from God. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_prophet.htm">The Role of a Prophet</a> Prophets are called to deliver God's truth, even when it is difficult or unpopular. Jeremiah's faithfulness is a model for believers today. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a> While God is just and must punish sin, His ultimate desire is for repentance and restoration. This balance is crucial in understanding His character. <a href="/topical/i/intercession_and_imprecation.htm">Intercession and Imprecation</a> Jeremiah's prayer is a form of intercession, albeit with a focus on justice. Believers are called to pray for both justice and mercy in the world. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a> Prayer is a powerful tool for believers, not only for personal needs but also for seeking God's will and justice in broader circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 18</a> <a href="/q/archaeological_proof_of_jeremiah_15_2_events.htm">Given Jeremiah 15:2's mention of mass judgments--sword, famine, captivity--is there any archaeological evidence supporting such large-scale devastation?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_threats_to_jeremiah_align_with_divine_protection.htm">Jeremiah 11:18-23: How do these threats on Jeremiah's life align with the idea of divine protection for those who follow God's will?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_fight_his_people_in_jer_21_4-7.htm">Why does Jeremiah 21:4-7 depict God actively fighting against His own people, contradicting the notion of a loving deity?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_5_11-12's_punishment.htm">In Ezekiel 5:11-12, how can we reconcile the promised devastating punishment (famine, sword, and scattering) with accounts from other biblical or secular sources?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) Therefore deliver up their children . . .--The bitter words that follow startle and pain us, like the imprecations of Psalms 35, 69, 109. To what extent they were the utterances of a righteous indignation, a true zeal for God, which had not yet learnt the higher lesson of patience and forgiveness, or embodied an element of personal vindictiveness, we are not called on to inquire, and could not, in any case, decide. It is not ours to judge another man's servant. In all like cases we have to remember that the very truthfulness with which the prayer is recorded is at least a proof that the prophet felt, like Jonah, that he did well to be angry (<a href="/jonah/4-9.htm" title="And God said to Jonah, Do you well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.">Jonah 4:9</a>), that a righteous anger is at least one step towards a righteous love, and that we, as disciples of Christ, have passed, or ought to have passed, beyond that earlier stage.Pour out their blood by the force of the sword.--Literally, with a bolder metaphor, pour them out into the hands of the sword.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 21. - Pour out their blood by the force, etc.; rather, spill them into the hands of, etc. (see <a href="/psalms/63-10.htm">Psalm 63:10</a>); a phrase akin to that in <a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm">Isaiah 53:12</a>. The sword is personified. Let their men he put to death; another personification, for the Hebrew has "slain of Death" - pestilence is referred to, as <a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2</a>. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Therefore, לָכֵן֩ (lā·ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus hand their children בְּנֵיהֶ֜ם (bə·nê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son over תֵּ֨ן (tên) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set to famine, לָרָעָ֗ב (lā·rā·‘āḇ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger pour out וְהַגִּרֵם֮ (wə·hag·gi·rêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5064.htm">Strong's 5064: </a> To flow, to stretch out, to pour out, down, to deliver over the power יְדֵי־ (yə·ḏê-) Noun - fdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of the sword חֶרֶב֒ (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword upon them. עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Let their wives נְשֵׁיהֶ֤ם (nə·šê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female become וְתִֽהְיֶ֨נָה (wə·ṯih·ye·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be childless שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙ (šak·ku·lō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7909.htm">Strong's 7909: </a> Childless and widowed, וְאַלְמָנ֔וֹת (wə·’al·mā·nō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_490.htm">Strong's 490: </a> A widow, a desolate place their husbands וְאַ֨נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם (wə·’an·šê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person be slain הֲרֻ֣גֵי (hă·ru·ḡê) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm">Strong's 2026: </a> To smite with deadly intent by disease, מָ֑וֶת (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin and their young men בַּח֣וּרֵיהֶ֔ם (ba·ḥū·rê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_970.htm">Strong's 970: </a> Selected, a youth struck down מֻכֵּי־ (muk·kê-) Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> To strike by the sword חֶ֖רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword in battle. בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (bam·mil·ḥā·māh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> A battle, war <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/18-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 18:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 18:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/18-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 18:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 18:22" /></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>