Jeremiah 24:10I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~597 BC. Jeremiah lists the three classic judgments of the ancient world — war, famine, plague. The land promised to Abraham would be emptied. Modern-day Jerusalem, Israel.
The emotion here: prophet forced to announce the end of everything his people held sacred
The original word
deber (דֶּבֶר) — pestilence, the disease that follows when war and famine weaken a population
Why it matters
Archaeological evidence shows Jerusalem's population dropped from 25,000 to less than 1,000 after 586 BC
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 24:10
The land God 'gave to them and their fathers' — this wasn't just losing a country, but losing the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham
Common misconceptionPeople think this means God broke His promise to Abraham, but this is actually God preserving His promise by removing those who corrupted it — the exile leads to restoration.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 24:10
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 24:10 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 24:10 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine judgment, covenant consequences, destruction. Notable phrases: sword, famine, pestilence; consumed from off the land. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
Your reflection
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