Deuteronomy 28:32

28:32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it. ¹ 

Jeremiah 11:22

11:22 So the Lord who rules over all ²  said, “I will surely ³  punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. ⁴  Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.

Jeremiah 52:10

52:10 The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah.

¹ tn Heb “and there will be no power in your hand”; NCV “there will be nothing you can do.”

² tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

³ tn Heb “Behold I will.” For the function of this particle see the translator’s note on 1:6.

⁴ tn Heb “will die by the sword.” Here “sword” stands contextually for “battle” while “starvation” stands for death by starvation during siege.