11 But I am full of the Lord’s wrath;
I am tired of holding it back.(A)
Pour it out on the children in the street,(B)
on the gang of young men as well.
For both husband and wife will be captured,
the old with the very old.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:11 Lit with fullness of days

11 But I am full of the wrath(A) of the Lord,
    and I cannot hold it in.(B)

“Pour it out on the children in the street
    and on the young men(C) gathered together;
both husband and wife will be caught in it,
    and the old, those weighed down with years.(D)

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For this is what the Lord says concerning sons and daughters born in this place as well as concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who father them in this land: They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the face of the earth.(A) They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.(B)

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For this is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers:(A) “They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried(B) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(C) They will perish by sword and famine,(D) and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”(E)

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25 When I vent My jealous rage on you,(A) they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your descendants will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your descendants will be consumed by fire.

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25 I will direct my jealous anger(A) against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters,(B) and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire.(C)

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47 The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords.(A) They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses with fire.

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47 The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters(A) and burn(B) down their houses.(C)

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