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

7And 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. 8And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. 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. 10Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, 11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith Yhwh of Armies; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

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

• 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 26:29And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
• Deuteronomy 28:53And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which Yhwh thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
• 2 Kings 6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
• Isaiah 9:20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
• Lamentations 2:20Behold, O Yhwh, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Lamentations 4:10The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Ezekiel 5:10Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all 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