Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and a desolation, an object of scorn and a disgrace among all the nations where I have banished them.
New American Standard Bible
I will pursue them with the sword, with famine and with pestilence; and I will
King James Version
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
International Standard Version
I'll pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with plague, and I'll make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth. I'll make them a curse, an object of horror, and scorn, and a desolation in all the nations to which I've driven them,
A Conservative Version
And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and
American Standard Version
And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;
Amplified
I will pursue them with the sword, with famine and with virulent disease; and I will make them a terror (warning) to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a horror, a hissing, and a disgrace among all the nations to which I have driven them,
Bible in Basic English
I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a wonder and a surprise and a name of shame among all the nations where I have sent them:
Darby Translation
And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will give them over to be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I will drive them:
Julia Smith Translation
And I pursued after them with the sword, with famine and with death, and I gave them for agitation to all the kingdoms of the earth, for a curse and for astonishment, and for hissing and for a reproach among all the nations which I thrust them away there:
King James 2000
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the plague, and I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse, and a horror, and [an object of] hissing, and a disgrace among all the nations to which I have driven them,
Modern King James verseion
And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the plague, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and a waste, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I will persecute them with the sword, with hunger and death. I will deliver them up to be vexed of all kingdoms, to be cursed, abhorred, laughed to scorn, and put to confusion of all the people, among whom I have scattered them:
NET Bible
I will chase after them with war, starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them.
New Heart English Bible
I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore will I pursue them with sword with famine and with pestilence, - And will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth A curse and an astonishment and a hissing and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Webster
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
World English Bible
I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have pursued after them with sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and have given them for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth, for a curse and for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven them,
Themes
Famine » Often accompanied by war
Plagues » Often followed war and famine
Interlinear
Nathan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 29:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Letter To The Exiles In Babylon
17
This is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I am about to send against them sword, famine, and plague
Phrases
Cross References
2 Chronicles 29:8
Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was on Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery,
Jeremiah 15:4
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh
Jeremiah 42:18
“For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and fury were poured out on Jerusalem’s residents,
Deuteronomy 28:25
The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them an object of horror
Isaiah 65:15
as a curse for My chosen ones,
and the Lord God will kill you;
but He will give His servants another name.
Jeremiah 25:9
I am going to send for all the families of the north’
Jeremiah 34:17
“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed Me by proclaiming freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. I hereby proclaim freedom for you”
Lamentations 2:15-16
ס Samek
scornfully clap their hands
They mock
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?
Ezekiel 12:15
They will know that I am Yahweh
Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Deuteronomy 29:21-28
and single him out for harm from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.
1 Kings 9:7-8
I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them,
2 Chronicles 7:19-22
However, if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and worship them,
Psalm 44:11
and scatter us among the nations.
Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and scoff because of all its wounds.
Jeremiah 26:6
I will make this temple like Shiloh.
Jeremiah 29:22
Based on what happens to them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will create a curse
Ezekiel 6:8
“Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword.
Ezekiel 22:15
I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you among the countries;
Ezekiel 36:19
I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the countries.
Amos 9:9
and I will shake the house of Israel
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.
Zechariah 7:14
“I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation.”
Luke 21:24