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 thus says Adonai concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, “You must not prophesy in the Name of Adonai, so you would not die by our hand.” 22Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to punish them! The young men will die by the sword; their sons and their daughters will die by famine. No remnant will be left to them, for I will bring calamity on the men of Anathoth—the year of their visitation.

Jeremiah 11:23 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And there shall be no remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• of them: for I will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• upon the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of Anathothעֲנָתוֹת‛ănâthôth · AnathothH6068
• the yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of their visitationפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486

Cross-references for Jeremiah 11:23

• Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter. I did not know they had devised plots against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit. Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will be no more remembered.”
• Jeremiah 44:27Here I am, watching over them for evil, and not for good. All the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.
• Isaiah 14:20You will not join with them in burial, because you ruined your land, you slaughtered your own people. The offspring of evildoers will never be named.
• Jeremiah 5:9For such, should I not punish them?” It is a declaration of Adonai. “On such a nation as this should I not avenge Myself?
• Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed of the abomination they committed? No, not ashamed, not at all— they do not know how to blush! So they will fall among the fallen. At the time of their punishment they will be brought down.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Jeremiah 23:12“Therefore their way will be for them like slippery places in the gloom. They will be driven away and fall there, for I will bring calamity on them, even the year of their visitation.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Jeremiah 46:21Even her mercenaries among her are like stall-fed calves, for they also will turn back— they will flee away together, they will not stand up— for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their visitation.
• Jeremiah 48:44“The one who flees from panic will fall into the pit, and one who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap. For I will bring on Moab the year of their visitation.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Jeremiah 50:27To the sword with all her bulls, going down to the slaughter! Oy to them! Their day has come— the time of their visitation.
• Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come. Let Israel know! The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad! For great is your iniquity and great the hostility.
• Micah 7:4The best of them is like a prickly bush, the most upright like a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen— of your visitation—is coming. Then their confusion will occur.
• Luke 19:44And they will smash you to the ground—you and your children within you. And they won’t leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

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