Jeremiah 19:9

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
eat	וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים ve.ha.'a.khal.Tim	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
flesh	בְּשַׂ֣ר be.Sar	H1320	flesh (from its freshness) · noun, common masculine singular construct
sons	בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם be.nei.Hem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
flesh	בְּשַׂ֣ר be.Sar	H1320	flesh (from its freshness) · noun, common masculine singular construct
daughters	בְּנֹתֵיהֶ֔ם be.no.tei.Hem	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
eat	יֹאכֵ֑לוּ yo.Khe.lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
one	וְאִ֥ישׁ ve.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
flesh	בְּשַׂר be.sar-	H1320	flesh (from its freshness) · noun, common masculine singular construct
friend	רֵעֵ֖הוּ re.'E.hu	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
siege	בְּמָצוֹר֙ be.ma.tzOr	H4692	something hemming in · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
straitness	וּבְמָצ֔וֹק u.ve.ma.Tzok	H4689	a narrow place · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
enemies	אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם 'o.ye.vei.Hem	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
seek	וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י u.me.vak.Shei	H1245	to search out (by any method · conjunction + verb, piel active participle, masculine plural construct
lives	נַפְשָֽׁם naf.Sham	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
straiten	יָצִ֧יקוּ ya.Tzi.ku	H6693	to compress · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Isaiah 9:20 And 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 eve…
Leviticus 26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Lamentations 4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Deuteronomy 28:53-57 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the s…
Ezekiel 5:10 Therefore 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, a…
2 Kings 6:26-29 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
Lamentations 2:20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 19:1-9

The corruption of man having made it necessary that precept should be upon precept, and line upon line (so unapt are we to receive, and so very apt to let slip, the things of God), the grace of God has provided that there shall be, accordingly, precept upon precept, and line upon line, that those who are irreclaimable may be inexcusable. For this reason the prophet is here sent with a message to the same purport with what he had often delivered, but with some circumstances that might make it the more taken notice of, a thing which ministers should study, for a little circumstance may sometimes be a great advantage, and those that would win souls must be wise. I. He must take of the elders an…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 19:9

(Deu 28:53; Lam 4:10).

John Gill on Jeremiah 19:9

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters,.... For want of food; the famine should be so great and pressing. Jeremiah, that foretells this, was a witness of it, and has left it on record, Lamentations 4:10; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend. The Targum interprets it, the goods or substance of his neighbour; which is sometimes the sense of eating the flesh of another; but as it is to be taken in a literal sense, in the preceding clause, so in this: so it should be, in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them; the siege of Jerusalem should be so close, that no provisio…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 19:9

Jeremiah 19:9 9. 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. 9. Et pascam eos carne filiorum suorum et carne filiarum suarum, et vir carnem proximi sui comedent (hoc est, singuli comedent carnem proximi sui) in afflictione et angustia, qua angent (vel, constringent) eos hostes ipsorum, et qui quaerent animam ipsorum. Here the Prophet goes farther -- that so atrocious would be the calamity, that even fathers and mothers would not abstain from their children, but would devour their flesh. Th…

Dictionary and topics

Bottle — A vessel made of skins for holding wine (Josh. 9:4. 13; 1 Sam. 16:20; Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37, 38), or milk (Judg. 4:19), or water (Gen. 21:14, 15, 19), or strong drink (Hab. 2:15).…
Famine — The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to…
Cannibalism · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Famine · Sent as a — Sent as a
Instruction · Potter’s vessel — Potter’s vessel
Murder · Punishment of — Punishment of
Siege · of the inhabitants during a — of the inhabitants during a

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 19:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 19:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 19:9

John Gill on Jeremiah 19:9

John Calvin on Jeremiah 19:9

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Jeremiah 19:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 19:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 19:9

John Gill on Jeremiah 19:9

John Calvin on Jeremiah 19:9

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 19:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 19:9

Rashi on Jeremiah 19:9