Jeremiah 19:9

Jeremiah 19:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
• New International Version (NIV)I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the desperation with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall drive them to despair.” ’

Context of Jeremiah 19:9

7In 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. 8I will make this city an object of horror, a thing to be hissed at. All who pass by it will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. I will reduce the people of this city to desperate straits during the siege imposed on it by their enemies who are seeking to kill them. I will make them so desperate that they will eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and the flesh of one another.”’” 10The Lord continued, “Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you. 11Tell them the Lord who rules over all says, ‘I will do just as Jeremiah has done. I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter’s vessel which is broken beyond repair. The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.’

Jeremiah 19:9 word by word

וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם וְאֵת֙ בְּשַׂ֣ר בְּנֹתֵיהֶ֔ם וְאִ֥ישׁ בְּשַׂר־רֵעֵ֖הוּ יֹאכֵ֑לוּ בְּמָצוֹר֙ וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצִ֧יקוּ לָהֶ֛ם אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י נַפְשָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will cause them to eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• of their sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of their daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• of his friendרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• in the siegeמָצוֹרmâtsôr mâtsûr · siegeH4692
• and straitnessמָצוֹקmâtsôq · distressH4689
• wherewith their enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• and they that seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• their livesנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• shall straitenצוּקtsûq · to pressH6693

Cross-references for Jeremiah 19:9

• Leviticus 26:29You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.
• Deuteronomy 28:53You will then eat your own offspring, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege by which your enemies will constrict you.
• 2 Kings 6:26While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, “Help us, my master, O king!”
• Isaiah 9:20They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm!
• Lamentations 2:20Look, O Lord! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary? ש (Sin/Shin)
• Lamentations 4:10The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed. כ (Kaf)
• Ezekiel 5:10Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 19:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons - This was literally fulfilled when Jerusalem was besieged by the Romans. This also the prophet might have had in view.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The siege of Jerusalem lasted two and a half years. It caused severe famine and despair (see 2 Kings 25:1–4). their sons and daughters: Compare Deuteronomy 28:53–57.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (De 28:53; La 4:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 19:9

• Cannibalism
• Famine
• Instruction
• Prophecy
• Siege
• War

In the dictionaries

• Ancient
• Bottle
• Famine
• Harden
• Hissing
• Void
• Philemon, Epistle to
• anguish

Commentaries on Jeremiah 19

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings