Jeremiah 11:23

Jeremiah 11:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
• New International Version (NIV)Not even a remnant will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)and none of them shall be left. For I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment."
• New King James Version (NKJV)and there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their punishment.’ ”

Context of Jeremiah 11:23

21Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.” 22So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”

Jeremiah 11:23 word by word

וּשְׁאֵרִ֕ית לֹ֥א תִֽהְיֶ֖ה לָהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־אָבִ֥יא רָעָ֛ה אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י עֲנָת֖וֹת שְׁנַ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• There will beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• I will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• disasterרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• onאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the peopleאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of Anathothעֲנָתוֹת‛ănâthôth · AnathothH6068
• in the yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of their punishmentפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486

Cross-references for Jeremiah 11:23

• Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
• Jeremiah 44:27I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
• Isaiah 14:20You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
• Jeremiah 5:9Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
• Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
• Jeremiah 23:12“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 46:21Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them— the time of their punishment.
• Jeremiah 48:44“Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
• Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
• Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
• Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 11:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23The year of their visitation - This punishment shall come in that year in which I shall visit their iniquities upon them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23No remnant - 128 men of Anathoth returned from exile Ezra 2:23; Nehemiah 7:27. Jeremiah‘s denunciation was limited to those who had sought his life. The year of their visitation would be the year of the siege of Jerusalem, when Anathoth being in its immediate vicinity would have its share of the horrors of war.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-23Verses 18-23 The prophet Jeremiah tells much concerning himself, the times he lived in being very troublesome. Those of his own city plotted how they might cause his death. They thought to end his days, but he outlived most of his enemies; they thought to blast his memory, but it lives to this day, and will be blessed while time lasts. God knows all the secret designs of his and his people's enemies, and can, when he pleases, make them known. God's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23Jeremiah's enemies included his family and relatives in his hometown of Anathoth, and he grieved over their fate (Jeremiah 10:20). They demanded that he stop prophesying in the Lord's name. In line with the Lord's promise to protect him (Jeremiah 1:19), the Lord told Jeremiah that even the families of his enemies, including their children, would lose their lives when their punishment came.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. (Jr 23:12). the year of ... visitation--The Septuagint translates, "in the year of their," &c., that is, at the time when I shall visit them in wrath. Jerome supports English Version. "Year" often means a determined time.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 11:23

• Anathoth
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jeremiah

In the dictionaries

• Anathoth
• Prophesy
• Covenant, the New
• Visitation
• Zedekiah (2)
• famine

Commentaries on Jeremiah 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings