Jeremiah 11:23

23 and there will be no one left at all, none. I'm visiting the men of Anathoth with doom. Doomsday!"

Jeremiah 11:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 11:23

And there shall be no remnant of them
And thus the measure they meted out to the prophet was measured to them; they devised to destroy him root and branch, the tree with its fruit; and now none shall be left of them; such who escaped the sword and the famine should be carried captive, as they were; for though there were none left in Anathoth, there were some preserved alive, and were removed into Babylon; since, at the return from thence, the men of Anathoth were a hundred twenty and eight, ( Nehemiah 7:27 ) : for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their
visitation;
or, "in the year of their visitation" F19; that is, of the visitation of their sins, as the Targum; which was the year of the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem, and was in the nineteenth of Nebuchadnezzar, ( Jeremiah 52:12 ) and this was not a chance matter, but what was fixed and determined by the Lord.


FOOTNOTES:

F19 (Mtdqp tnv) (en eniautw episkeqewv autwn) , Sept. "anno visitationis eorum", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt.

Jeremiah 11:23 In-Context

21 That sent a signal to God, who spoke up: "Here's what I'll do to the men of Anathoth who are trying to murder you, the men who say, 'Don't preach to us in God's name or we'll kill you.'
22 Yes, it's God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaking. Indeed! I'll call them to account: Their young people will die in battle, their children will die of starvation,
23 and there will be no one left at all, none. I'm visiting the men of Anathoth with doom. Doomsday!"
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