Jeremiah 49 · Verse 11

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Jeremiah 49:11, King James Version

Jeremiah 49:11 in other translations

BSBAbandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
WEBLeave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust in me.”
ASVLeave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
YLTLeave thine orphans--I do keep alive, And thy widows--on Me trust ye,
DARBYLeave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
BBEPut in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
WebsterLeave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

What does Jeremiah 49:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Thy fatherless and widows must rest their hope in God alone, as none of the adult males shall be left alive, so desperate will be the affairs of Edom. The verse also, besides this threat, implies a promise of mercy to Esau in God's good time, as there was to Moab and Ammon (Jr 49:6; Jr 48:47); the extinction of the adult males is the prominent idea (compare Jr 49:12).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Leave thy fatherless children - The connection of this with the context is not easy to be discerned; but, as a general maxim, it is of great importance. Widows and orphans are the peculiar care of God. He is as the best of fathers to the one, and the most loving of husbands to the other. Even the widows and orphans of Esau, who escape the general destruction, shall be taken care of by the Lord.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 49:7-22

The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the sake of the Israel of God, whose afflictions were aggravated by them. Thus Divine judgments go round from nation to nation; the earth is full of commotion, and nothing can escape the ministers of Divine vengeance. The righteousness of God is to be observed amidst the violence of men.

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Jeremiah 49:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָזְבָ֥ה'a.ze.Vahleave !H5800
יְתֹמֶ֖יךָye.to.Mei.khafatherless yourH3490
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
אֲחַיֶּ֑ה'a.chai.YehI will preserve [them] aliveH2421
וְאַלְמְנֹתֶ֖יךָve.'al.me.no.Tei.khaand widows yourH490
עָלַ֥י'a.Laion meH5921
תִּבְטָֽחוּ\׃\ \סtiv.Ta.chulet them relyH982

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Cross references for Jeremiah 49:11

  • Psalms 68:5

    A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

  • James 1:27

    Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

  • Hosea 14:3

    Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  • 1 Timothy 5:5

    Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

  • Jonah 4:11

    And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

  • Proverbs 23:10-11

    Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

  • Deuteronomy 10:18

    He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

  • Psalms 146:9

    The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Psalms 82:3

    Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

  • Psalms 10:14-18

    Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy fatherless.
De 10:18; Ps 10:14-18; 68:5; 82:3; 146:9; Pr 23:10,11; Ho 14:3
Jon 4:11; Mal 3:5; Jas 1:27
let thy.
1Ti 5:5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 49:10

    But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

  • Jeremiah 49:11

    Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

  • Jeremiah 49:12

    For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

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Jeremiah 49:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Deja tus huérfanos, yo los criaré; y en mí se confiarán tus viudas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Laisse tes orphelins, moi je les garderai en vie, et que tes veuves se confient en moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Verlasse deine Waisen, ich werde sie am Leben erhalten; und deine Witwen sollen auf mich vertrauen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Relinque pupillos tuos: ego faciam eos vivere: et viduæ tuæ in me sperabunt.