OET interlinear YIR (JER) 18:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) give their children over to famine

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence give_~_over DOM children_of,their to,famine and,pour,them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in power_of sword and,may_they_become wives_of,their childless and,widows and,men_of,their be pestilence_of death men_of,their_young struck_down_of sword in,battle )

The idiom “give over” means to place a person in the power of another person. Jeremiah speaks of “famine” as if it were a person who could have power over others. Alternate translation: [cause their children to die from famine] (See also: figs-personification)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) give them to the hands of those who use the sword

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence give_~_over DOM children_of,their to,famine and,pour,them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in power_of sword and,may_they_become wives_of,their childless and,widows and,men_of,their be pestilence_of death men_of,their_young struck_down_of sword in,battle )

Here the word “hands” represents power. Alternate translation: [cause those who use the sword to have power over them] or [cause them to die in battle]

(Occurrence 0) let their women become bereaved and widows

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence give_~_over DOM children_of,their to,famine and,pour,them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in power_of sword and,may_they_become wives_of,their childless and,widows and,men_of,their be pestilence_of death men_of,their_young struck_down_of sword in,battle )

“let the children and husbands of their women die.” The word “bereaved” refers to a woman whose children have all died.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

(Occurrence 0) their men be killed

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence give_~_over DOM children_of,their to,famine and,pour,them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in power_of sword and,may_they_become wives_of,their childless and,widows and,men_of,their be pestilence_of death men_of,their_young struck_down_of sword in,battle )

The verb may be supplied from the previous phrase.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

(Occurrence 0) their young men killed by the sword in battle

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence give_~_over DOM children_of,their to,famine and,pour,them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in power_of sword and,may_they_become wives_of,their childless and,widows and,men_of,their be pestilence_of death men_of,their_young struck_down_of sword in,battle )

The verb may be supplied from the previous phrase. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [let people kill their young men with swords in battle] (See also: figs-activepassive)