Jeremiah 21:5

Jeremiah 21:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
• New International Version (NIV)I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm in furious anger and in great wrath.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger and fury and great wrath.

Context of Jeremiah 21:5

3Jeremiah answered them, ‘Tell Zedekiah that the Lord, Israel's God, says this: 4“Your soldiers have gone outside the city to fight against the king of Babylon and his soldiers. But I will make the weapons of your soldiers useless. You will have to bring them all back into the city. I myself will use my great power and strength to fight against you. I will do that because I am very angry with you. 6I will attack everything that lives in this city, both people and animals. A very bad disease will kill them.” 7The Lord also says this: “Then I will put King Zedekiah of Judah under the power of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. I will do the same thing to any of his officers or people who are still alive. Those are the people that war, famine or disease has not already killed. I will give them to King Nebuchadnezzar and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will tell his soldiers to kill them. He will not be kind to them and he will kill them all.”

Jeremiah 21:5 word by word

וְנִלְחַמְתִּ֤י אֲנִי֙ אִתְּכֶ֔ם בְּיָ֥ד נְטוּיָ֖ה וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ חֲזָקָ֑ה וּבְאַ֥ף וּבְחֵמָ֖ה וּבְקֶ֥צֶף גָּדֽוֹל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I myself will fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against you with an outstretchedנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• handיָדyâd · handH3027
• and with a strongחָזָקchâzâq · strongH2389
• armזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• even in angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• and in furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• and in greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• wrathקֶ֫צֶףqetseph · wrathH7110

Cross-references for Jeremiah 21:5

• Isaiah 63:10But they turned against him. They made his Holy Spirit angry. So he then became their enemy. He fought against them.
• Lamentations 2:4He prepared his bow and his arrows, like an enemy ready to kill people. Like an enemy, he has killed all our strong men that once we were proud of. He has shown how angry he was. He has sent a fire to destroy all Zion's houses.
• Jeremiah 32:17I said, ‘Lord God, you used your great power and strength to make the earth and the sky. Nothing is too difficult for you to do.
• Exodus 6:6So you must say this to the Israelites: “I am the Lord. I will remove you from the power of the Egyptians. You will not have to do hard work to serve them as their slaves any more. I will use my strength to save you and I will punish the Egyptians.
• Exodus 9:15Already I could have used my power to destroy you and your people. With one very bad trouble, I could have removed you from the earth.
• Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful! Do not forget the covenant that the Lord your God has made with you. Do not make for yourselves any kind of image as your idol. That is the command that he has given to you.
• Isaiah 5:25So the Lord has become angry with his people. He is ready to punish them. He has lifted up his hand, so that the mountains shake. Dead bodies of people are lying all over the streets. But that is not enough! The Lord is still angry with them. His hand is ready to punish them even more.
• Isaiah 9:12Syria's army came from the east. The Philistines' army came from the west. They destroyed Israel's land, like a hungry animal. But the Lord is still angry. His hand is ready to hit them again.
• Isaiah 10:4You will have to join the people who are in prison. Or you will die with those that the enemy kills in war. But the Lord is still angry. His hand is ready to hit his people again.
• Ezekiel 20:33The Almighty Lord says, I promise you this, as surely as I live: I will use my great power and authority to rule you as your King. You will know how angry I am!
• Nahum 1:5He causes the mountains to shake and he causes the hills to become flat. The earth and all the people in the world are afraid of God.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 21:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-7The Lord gave King Zedekiah's messengers a legal decision (see study note on Jeremiah 2:2). Resisting the Babylonians would be pointless because the Lord opposed Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The Jews shall have not merely the Chaldees, but Jehovah Himself in wrath at their provocations, fighting against them. Every word enhances the formidable character of God's opposition, "I myself ... outstretched hand ... strong arm (no longer as in Ex 6:6, and in the case of Sennacherib, in your behalf, but) in anger ... fury ... great wrath."Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 21:5

• Anger
• Arm
• Babylon
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Arm
• Uriah; Uruah
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

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