For this is what the Lord says about the children born here in this city and about their mothers and fathers:
Parallel translations
- WEB For Yahweh says concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:
- KJV For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
- BSB For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:
- NKJV For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them and their fathers who begot them in this land:
- NASB For this is what the Lord says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and their fathers who father them in this land:
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Quick answer
God speaks of the sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers born in this land, setting up the warning about their fate. He addresses whole families to show that the coming judgment will spare no generation.
Overview
By naming the children and their parents, God frames the comprehensive nature of the disaster about to strike Judah. This sets up the grim word that follows about how these families will die. It underscores the gravity of national sin, while the gospel holds out the promise that in Christ families and individuals alike may find life and a future beyond judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Jer 16:5For Yahweh says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says Yahweh, “even loving kindness and tender mercies.
- Jer 16:9For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
- Jer 6:21Therefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend shall perish.”
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