Deuteronomy 28:32
Context28:32 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
Context11:22 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
Context52:10 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.
[28:32] 1 tn Heb “and there will be no power in your hand”; NCV “there will be nothing you can do.”
[11:22] 2 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”
[11:22] 3 tn Heb “Behold I will.” For the function of this particle see the translator’s note on 1:6.
[11:22] 4 tn Heb “will die by the sword.” Here “sword” stands contextually for “battle” while “starvation” stands for death by starvation during siege.