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

12‘Descendants of King David, the Lord says this to you: Every day you must be fair as you judge people. Punish those who rob other people. Punish those who are cruel to other people. Help the people that they have hurt. If you do not do judge in a fair way, I will be very angry. My anger will burn like a hot fire that nobody can stop. It will destroy you because of the evil things that you have done.’ The Lord says: 13‘I have turned against you, Jerusalem's palace. Kings sit there on their thrones, on a high rock above the valley. You say, “We are safe here in our strong building. No enemy can get in here to attack us.” But I will punish you for everything that you have done. I will destroy your palace with fire. That fire will destroy everything that is around you.’ That is what the Lord says.

Jeremiah 21:14 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• But I will punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• you according to the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• of your doingsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and I will kindleיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• in the forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293
• thereof, and it shall devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• all things round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Jeremiah 21:14

• Jeremiah 9:25The Lord says, ‘Be careful! Very soon I will punish all people who do not respect me. Those people may be circumcised, but if they do not respect me, I will punish them.
• Jeremiah 11:22So the Lord Almighty said, ‘Yes, I will certainly punish them! Their young men will die as they fight in war. Their children will be so hungry that they die.
• Isaiah 10:12The Lord God will come to punish Mount Zion and Jerusalem. But when he has done that, he says, ‘Now I will punish the king of Assyria. He boasts in his mind and his eyes show how proud he is.’
• Isaiah 24:21At that time, the Lord will punish the powerful beings in the skies above. He will punish the kings who rule on the earth below.
• Jeremiah 6:29A very hot fire can remove the dirt from silver and make it pure. I punish my people to make them pure, but it is useless. There are too many wicked people, so I cannot make them pure.
• Jeremiah 17:10But I, the Lord, look inside a person's mind. I see what he thinks and what he feels. I see how everyone lives, and I see the things that they do. I give to each one what he deserves.
• Jeremiah 32:19You have wise thoughts and you do great things. You see everything that people do. You see how they live. You give everyone what they deserve.
• Proverbs 1:31So now they will receive the trouble that they deserve. Their own wicked ideas will make them sick.
• Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous people that they are in a good place. They will enjoy the results of the good things that they have done.
• Galatians 6:7Nobody can hide the things that he does from God. Do not think a false thought like that! It is like a farmer who plants seeds in his field. The same kind of crops will grow as the seeds which he plants. That will be his harvest.
• Jeremiah 22:7I will send enemies to destroy this place. They will use their weapons to knock it all down. They will cut down the strong beams of cedar wood. They will throw them into the fire.
• Isaiah 10:18The Lord will completely destroy Assyria's great forests and its good fields. It will seem like a bad disease is taking away their life.
• Isaiah 27:10The strong city will become empty. Nobody will live there any more. It will be like an empty desert. Young cows will eat the grass there, and they will lie down there. They will eat all the leaves on the branches of the tree.
• Isaiah 37:24You have sent your servants to insult the Lord God. You have said, ‘I have taken all my chariots and I have gone up high mountains, the highest mountains in Lebanon. I have cut down its tall cedar trees, and I have cut down its best pine trees. I went up to its highest places, and I went far into its forests.
• Ezekiel 20:46‘Son of man, look towards the south. Speak my message to the people there. Warn the forests in the dry land of the south.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your gates, Lebanon, so that the fires can burn down your cedar trees.

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