¹⁷yes, this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will send the sword, famine and plague^c against them and I will make them like figs^d that are so bad they cannot be eaten. ¹⁸I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent^e to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse^c^f and an object of horror,^g of scorn^h and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.

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Footnotes

cThat is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

Cross references

c Jer 27:8
dSee Isa 5:4
eSee Jer 15:4
fSee Nu 5:27; See Jer 18:16; See 22:10; 44:12
gSee Dt 28:25
hSee Dt 28:37; See Isa 28:22; See Mic 2:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, behold, I am sending on them sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten. I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is what the Lord of Armies says: “I am about to send sword, famine, and plague against them, and I will make them like rotten figs that are inedible because they are so bad. 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “I will send war, famine, and disease upon them and make them like bad figs, too rotten to eat. Yes, I will pursue them with war, famine, and disease, and I will scatter them around the world. In every nation where I send them, I will make them an object of damnation, horror, contempt, and mockery.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Look, I am going to send among them the sword, the famine, and the plague, and I will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten because of their bad quality. 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,

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 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:

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