Jeremiah 15:8
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Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.

Isaiah 3:25
Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle.

Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.

Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach.

Jeremiah 6:4
Prepare ye war against her: arise, and let us go up at midday: woe unto us, for the day is declined, for the shadows of the evening are grown longer.

Jeremiah 16:3
For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and daughters, that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them: and concerning their fathers, of whom they were born in this land:

Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle.

Jeremiah 22:7
And I will prepare against thee the destroyer and his weapons: and they shall cut down thy chosen cedars, and shall cast them headlong into the fire.

Lamentations 5:3
We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.

Ezekiel 22:25
There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the prey, they have devoured souls, they have taken riches and hire, they have made many widows in the midst thereof.

Hosea 4:5
And thou shalt fall today, and the prophet also shall fall with thee: in the night I have made thy mother to be silent.

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Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.

widows.

Isaiah 3:25,26 Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle. . . .

Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach.

the mother, etc.

Jeremiah 4:16 Say ye to the nations: Behold it is heard in Jerusalem, that guards are coming from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Juda.

Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.

Jeremiah 6:4,5 Prepare ye war against her: arise, and let us go up at midday: woe unto us, for the day is declined, for the shadows of the evening are grown longer. . . .

Luke 21:35 For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the face of the whole earth.

Context
Judgment to Continue
7And I will scatter them with a fan in the gates of the land: I have killed and destroyed my people, and yet they are not returned from their ways. 8Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.9She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord.…
Lexicon
I will make their widows
אַלְמְנֹתָו֙‪‬ (’al·mə·nō·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 490: A widow, a desolate place

more numerous
עָֽצְמוּ־ (‘ā·ṣə·mū-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6105: To bind fast, close, powerful, numerous, to crunch the bones

than the sand
מֵח֣וֹל (mê·ḥō·wl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2344: Sand

of the sea.
יַמִּ֔ים (yam·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

I will bring
הֵבֵ֨אתִי (hê·ḇê·ṯî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

a destroyer
שֹׁדֵ֣ד (šō·ḏêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin

at noon
בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם (baṣ·ṣā·ho·rā·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6672: A light, double light, noon

against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mothers
אֵ֛ם (’êm)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

of young men.
בָּח֖וּר (bā·ḥūr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 970: Selected, a youth

I will suddenly
פִּתְאֹ֔ם (piṯ·’ōm)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6597: Suddenness, suddenly

bring
הִפַּ֤לְתִּי (hip·pal·tî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

upon them
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

anguish
עִ֖יר (‘îr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

and dismay.
וּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃ (ū·ḇe·hā·lō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 928: Dismay, sudden terror or ruin


Additional Translations
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall on it suddenly, and terrors on the city.

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, even distress at noon-day: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.

Their widows are increased to me more than the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noonday; I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly.

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

Their widows are multiplied to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noon-day: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.

Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them -- against the mother -- A young man -- a spoiler -- at noon. I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble.
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