Jeremiah 11:22,23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will punish them Hebrew, פקד עליהם, I will visit, namely, this their wicked conduct, upon them; I will inquire into it, and reckon with them for it. The young men shall die by the sword Though they be young priests, not men of war, their sacred office shall be no protection to them. Their sons and their daughters shall die by famine Which is a more grievous death than that by the sword, Lamentations 4:9. Thus two of God's four sore judgments would overwhelm their town in destruction, which should be so entire that there should be no remnant of them None to be the seed of another generation: they sought Jeremiah's life, and therefore their lives shall be taken: they wished to destroy him, root and branch, that his name might be no more remembered, and therefore there shall be no remnant of them: and herein the Lord is righteous. Thus evil would be brought upon them, even the year of their visitation And that would be evil sufficient, a recompense according to their deserts. Such is the consequence of opposing the truth and cause of God, and his servants in the execution of their office! Such is the deplorable condition of those that have the prayers of good ministers and good people against them.