You will have sons and daughters, but you will lose them, for they will be led away into captivity.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will father sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go into captivity.
- KJV Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
- BSB You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
- NKJV You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity.
- NASB You will father sons and daughters but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
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Quick answer
They will have children but lose them to captivity rather than keep them.
Overview
The blessing of offspring turns to grief as sons and daughters are taken into exile. The hope of family continuity is shattered by captivity. This heartbreaking loss again foreshadows the deportations of Israel and Judah.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Deut 28:32Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look, and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand.
- Lam 1:5Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary.
- 2 Kgs 24:14He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained, except the poorest people of the land.
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