Jeremiah 21:14

Jeremiah 21:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
• New International Version (NIV)I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the Lord. I will kindle a fire in your forests that will consume everything around you.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the Lord; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,” says the Lord; “I will kindle a fire in its forest, And it shall devour all things around it.” ’ ”

Context of Jeremiah 21:14

12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds. 13Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?” I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”

Jeremiah 21:14 word by word

וּפָקַדְתִּ֧י עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם כִּפְרִ֥י מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְהִצַּ֤תִּי אֵשׁ֙ בְּיַעְרָ֔הּ וְאָכְלָ֖ה כָּל־סְבִיבֶֽיהָ׃ סRead the interlinear

• I will punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• youעַל‛al · uponH5921
• as your deeds deserveפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• as your deeds deserveמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I will kindleיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• in your forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293
• that will consumeאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• everythingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• around youסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Jeremiah 21:14

• Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—
• Jeremiah 11:22So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
• Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
• Isaiah 24:21In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
• Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
• Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• Jeremiah 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
• Jeremiah 22:7I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
• Isaiah 10:18The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
• Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
• Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
• Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

Commentaries on Jeremiah 21:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof - I will send destruction into its center, that shall spread to every part of the circumference, and so consume the whole. The beginning of the thirty-fourth chapter should follow here. See the arrangement on Jeremiah 34:1; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The forest - This suggested to the Jew the idea of everything grand and stately.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 The wickedness of the king and his family was the worse because of their relation to David. They were urged to act with justice, at once, lest the Lord's anger should be unquenchable. If God be for us, who can be against us? But if he be against us, who can do any thing for us?Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14The people in Jerusalem trusted completely in the city's strong fortress, believing it was unbeatable (see 2 Kings 18:35–37; 2 Chronicles 32:20–23; Isaiah 37:36–38). The Lord had protected the city before, but now the Lord opposed it. I will kindle a fire in your forest: See Isaiah 6:13.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. fruit of your doings--(Pr 1:31; Is 3:10, 11). forest thereof--namely of your city, taken from Jr 21:13. "Forest" refers to the dense mass of houses built of cedar, &c., brought from Lebanon (Jr 22:7; 52:13; 2Ki 25:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 21:14

• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings