OET interlinear YIR (JER) 11:22

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Yahweh of hosts says this

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers here,I punish on,them the_young,men die by,sword sons_of,their and,daughters_of,their die by,famine )

Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 6:6.

(Occurrence 0) See

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers here,I punish on,them the_young,men die by,sword sons_of,their and,daughters_of,their die by,famine )

This word is used here to draw someone’s attention to what is said next. Alternate translation: [Listen]

(Occurrence 0) vigorous young men

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers here,I punish on,them the_young,men die by,sword sons_of,their and,daughters_of,their die by,famine )

men at the strongest time of their lives

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) will die by the sword

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers here,I punish on,them the_young,men die by,sword sons_of,their and,daughters_of,their die by,famine )

Here the “sword” represents battle. Alternate translation: [will die in battle]