Verse 17

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}; Behold, I will send{H7971}{(H8764)} upon them the sword{H2719}, the famine{H7458}, and the pestilence{H1698}, and will make{H5414}{(H8804)} them like vile{H8182} figs{H8384}, that cannot be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}, they are so evil{H7455}.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 24:8-9 : 8 And as the evil{H7451} figs{H8384}, which cannot be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}, they are so evil{H7455}; surely thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, So will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and his princes{H8269}, and the residue{H7611} of Jerusalem{H3389}, that remain{H7604}{(H8737)} in this land{H776}, and them that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}: 9 And I will deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them to be removed{H2189}{(H8675)}{H2113} into all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776} for their hurt{H7451}, to be a reproach{H2781} and a proverb{H4912}, a taunt{H8148} and a curse{H7045}, in all places{H4725} whither I shall drive{H5080}{(H8686)} them. 10 And I will send{H7971}{(H8765)} the sword{H2719}, the famine{H7458}, and the pestilence{H1698}, among them, till they be consumed{H8552}{(H8800)} from off the land{H127} that I gave{H5414}{(H8804)} unto them and to their fathers{H1}.
  • Jer 29:18 : 18 And I will persecute{H7291}{(H8804)} them{H310} with the sword{H2719}, with the famine{H7458}, and with the pestilence{H1698}, and will deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them to be removed{H2189}{(H8675)}{H2113} to all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776}, to be a curse{H423}, and an astonishment{H8047}, and an hissing{H8322}, and a reproach{H2781}, among all the nations{H1471} whither I have driven{H5080}{(H8689)} them:
  • Jer 34:17-22 : 17 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Ye have not hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} unto me, in proclaiming{H7121}{(H8800)} liberty{H1865}, every one{H376} to his brother{H251}, and every man{H376} to his neighbour{H7453}: behold, I proclaim{H7121}{(H8802)} a liberty{H1865} for you, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, to the sword{H2719}, to the pestilence{H1698}, and to the famine{H7458}; and I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} you to be removed{H2189}{(H8675)}{H2113} into all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776}. 18 And I will give{H5414}{(H8804)} the men{H582} that have transgressed{H5674}{(H8802)} my covenant{H1285}, which have not performed{H6965}{(H8689)} the words{H1697} of the covenant{H1285} which they had made{H3772}{(H8804)} before{H6440} me, when they cut{H3772}{(H8804)} the calf{H5695} in twain{H8147}, and passed{H5674}{(H8799)} between the parts{H1335} thereof, 19 The princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063}, and the princes{H8269} of Jerusalem{H3389}, the eunuchs{H5631}, and the priests{H3548}, and all the people{H5971} of the land{H776}, which passed{H5674}{(H8802)} between the parts{H1335} of the calf{H5695}; 20 I will even give{H5414}{(H8804)} them into the hand{H3027} of their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} their life{H5315}: and their dead bodies{H5038} shall be for meat{H3978} unto the fowls{H5775} of the heaven{H8064}, and to the beasts{H929} of the earth{H776}. 21 And Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and his princes{H8269} will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} into the hand{H3027} of their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} their life{H5315}, and into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} army{H2428}, which are gone up{H5927}{(H8802)} from you. 22 Behold, I will command{H6680}{(H8764)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, and cause them to return{H7725}{(H8689)} to this city{H5892}; and they shall fight{H3898}{(H8738)} against it, and take{H3920}{(H8804)} it, and burn{H8313}{(H8804)} it with fire{H784}: and I will make{H5414}{(H8799)} the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063} a desolation{H8077} without an inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}.
  • Jer 43:11 : 11 And when he cometh{H935}{(H8804)}, he shall smite{H5221}{(H8689)} the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, and deliver such as are for death{H4194} to death{H4194}; and such as are for captivity{H7628} to captivity{H7628}; and such as are for the sword{H2719} to the sword{H2719}.
  • Jer 52:6 : 6 And in the fourth{H7243} month{H2320}, in the ninth{H8672} day of the month{H2320}, the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388}{(H8799)} in the city{H5892}, so that there was no bread{H3899} for the people{H5971} of the land{H776}.
  • Ezek 5:12-17 : 12 A third part{H7992} of thee shall die{H4191}{(H8799)} with the pestilence{H1698}, and with famine{H7458} shall they be consumed{H3615}{(H8799)} in the midst{H8432} of thee: and a third part{H7992} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719} round about{H5439} thee; and I will scatter{H2219}{(H8762)} a third part{H7992} into all the winds{H7307}, and I will draw out{H7324}{(H8686)} a sword{H2719} after{H310} them. 13 Thus shall mine anger{H639} be accomplished{H3615}{(H8804)}, and I will cause my fury{H2534} to rest{H5117}{(H8689)} upon them, and I will be comforted{H5162}{(H8694)}: and they shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I the LORD{H3068} have spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it in my zeal{H7068}, when I have accomplished{H3615}{(H8763)} my fury{H2534} in them. 14 Moreover I will make{H5414}{(H8799)} thee waste{H2723}, and a reproach{H2781} among the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} thee, in the sight{H5869} of all that pass by{H5674}{(H8802)}. 15 So it shall be a reproach{H2781} and a taunt{H1422}, an instruction{H4148} and an astonishment{H4923} unto the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} thee, when I shall execute{H6213}{(H8800)} judgments{H8201} in thee in anger{H639} and in fury{H2534} and in furious{H2534} rebukes{H8433}. I the LORD{H3068} have spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it. 16 When I shall send{H7971}{(H8762)} upon them the evil{H7451} arrows{H2671} of famine{H7458}, which shall be for their destruction{H4889}, and which I will send{H7971}{(H8763)} to destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} you: and I will increase{H3254}{(H8686)} the famine{H7458} upon you, and will break{H7665}{(H8804)} your staff{H4294} of bread{H3899}: 17 So will I send{H7971}{(H8765)} upon you famine{H7458} and evil{H7451} beasts{H2416}, and they shall bereave{H7921}{(H8765)} thee; and pestilence{H1698} and blood{H1818} shall pass through{H5674}{(H8799)} thee; and I will bring{H935}{(H8686)} the sword{H2719} upon thee. I the LORD{H3068} have spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it.
  • Ezek 14:12-21 : 12 The word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came again to me, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 13 Son{H1121} of man{H120}, when the land{H776} sinneth{H2398}{(H8799)} against me by trespassing{H4603}{(H8800)} grievously{H4604}, then will I stretch out{H5186}{(H8804)} mine hand{H3027} upon it, and will break{H7665}{(H8804)} the staff{H4294} of the bread{H3899} thereof, and will send{H7971}{(H8689)} famine{H7458} upon it, and will cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} man{H120} and beast{H929} from it: 14 Though these three{H7969} men{H582}, Noah{H5146}, Daniel{H1840}, and Job{H347}, were in it{H8432}, they should deliver{H5337}{(H8762)} but their own souls{H5315} by their righteousness{H6666}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}. 15 If{H3863} I cause noisome{H7451} beasts{H2416} to pass through{H5674}{(H8686)} the land{H776}, and they spoil{H7921}{(H8765)} it, so that it be desolate{H8077}, that no man may pass through{H5674}{(H8802)} because{H6440} of the beasts{H2416}: 16 Though these three{H7969} men{H582} were in it{H8432}, as I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, they shall deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} neither sons{H1121} nor daughters{H1323}; they only shall be delivered{H5337}{(H8735)}, but the land{H776} shall be desolate{H8077}. 17 Or if I bring{H935}{(H8686)} a sword{H2719} upon that land{H776}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Sword{H2719}, go through{H5674}{(H8799)} the land{H776}; so that I cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} man{H120} and beast{H929} from it: 18 Though these three{H7969} men{H582} were in it{H8432}, as I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, they shall deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} neither sons{H1121} nor daughters{H1323}, but they only shall be delivered{H5337}{(H8735)} themselves. 19 Or if I send{H7971}{(H8762)} a pestilence{H1698} into that land{H776}, and pour out{H8210}{(H8804)} my fury{H2534} upon it in blood{H1818}, to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} from it man{H120} and beast{H929}: 20 Though Noah{H5146}, Daniel{H1840}, and Job{H347}, were in it{H8432}, as I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, they shall deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} neither son{H1121} nor{H518} daughter{H1323}; they shall but deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} their own souls{H5315} by their righteousness{H6666}. 21 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; How much more when I send{H7971}{(H8765)} my four{H702} sore{H7451} judgments{H8201} upon Jerusalem{H3389}, the sword{H2719}, and the famine{H7458}, and the noisome{H7451} beast{H2416}, and the pestilence{H1698}, to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} from it man{H120} and beast{H929}?
  • Luke 21:11 : 11 And{G5037} great{G3173} earthquakes{G4578} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} in{G2596} divers places{G5117}, and{G2532} famines{G3042}, and{G2532} pestilences{G3061}; and{G5037} fearful sights{G5400} and{G2532} great{G3173} signs{G4592} shall there be{G2071}{(G5704)} from{G575} heaven{G3772}.
  • Luke 21:23 : 23 But{G1161} woe{G3759} unto{G1722} them that are with child{G1064}{G2192}{(G5723)}, and{G2532} to them that give suck{G2337}{(G5723)}, in{G1722} those{G1565} days{G2250}! for{G1063} there shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} great{G3173} distress{G318} in{G1909} the land{G1093}, and{G2532} wrath{G3709} upon{G1722} this{G5129} people{G2992}.
  • Jer 27:8 : 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation{H1471} and kingdom{H4467} which will not serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the same Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and that will not put{H5414}{(H8799)} their neck{H6677} under the yoke{H5923} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, that nation{H1471} will I punish{H6485}{(H8799)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, with the sword{H2719}, and with the famine{H7458}, and with the pestilence{H1698}, until I have consumed{H8552}{(H8800)} them by his hand{H3027}.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say{H559}{(H8799)} unto thee, Whither shall we go forth{H3318}{(H8799)}? then thou shalt tell{H559}{(H8804)} them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Such as are for death{H4194}, to death{H4194}; and such as are for the sword{H2719}, to the sword{H2719}; and such as are for the famine{H7458}, to the famine{H7458}; and such as are for the captivity{H7628}, to the captivity{H7628}. 3 And I will appoint{H6485}{(H8804)} over them four{H702} kinds{H4940}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: the sword{H2719} to slay{H2026}{(H8800)}, and the dogs{H3611} to tear{H5498}{(H8800)}, and the fowls{H5775} of the heaven{H8064}, and the beasts{H929} of the earth{H776}, to devour{H398}{(H8800)} and destroy{H7843}{(H8687)}.
  • Jer 24:1-3 : 1 The LORD{H3068} shewed{H7200}{(H8689)} me, and, behold, two{H8147} baskets{H1736} of figs{H8384} were set{H3259}{(H8716)} before{H6440} the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, after{H310} that Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had carried away captive{H1540}{(H8687)} Jeconiah{H3204} the son{H1121} of Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and the princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063}, with the carpenters{H2796} and smiths{H4525}, from Jerusalem{H3389}, and had brought{H935}{(H8686)} them to Babylon{H894}. 2 One{H259} basket{H1731} had very{H3966} good{H2896} figs{H8384}, even like the figs{H8384} that are first ripe{H1073}: and the other{H259} basket{H1731} had very{H3966} naughty{H7451} figs{H8384}, which could not be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}, they were so bad{H7455}. 3 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} unto me, What seest{H7200}{(H8802)} thou, Jeremiah{H3414}? And I said{H559}{(H8799)}, Figs{H8384}; the good{H2896} figs{H8384}, very{H3966} good{H2896}; and the evil{H7451}, very{H3966} evil{H7451}, that cannot be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}, they are so evil{H7455}.