Jeremiah 11:22
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 18:21 echoes this imprecation: 'give their children over to famine and their young men to the sword.' Both list sword and famine as judgment.
Jeremiah 44:12 repeats 'by the sword and by famine they shall die' — the exact same judgment formula against those who fled to Egypt.
In Jeremiah 9:21, death cuts off young men from the streets — the same image of divine judgment sweeping away the youth.
Jeremiah 49:26 uses the same judgment language—young men falling in squares—echoing the punishment on Anathoth.
Lamentations 2:21 laments young men fallen by the sword in Jerusalem's fall — the same imagery of divine wrath against the city.
Amos 4:10 explicitly mentions young men killed by the sword—directly matching the judgment on Anathoth.
2 Chronicles 36:17 describes Babylonians killing young men with the sword — fulfilling the pattern of judgment Jeremiah prophesied.
Isaiah 3:25 says 'your men shall fall by the sword' — a similar prophecy of judgment on Jerusalem's leaders.