Jeremiah 21
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Jeremiah 21:4-10

4‘ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, “BeholdH2009, I am about to 1turnH5437 backH5437 the weaponsH3627 of warH4421 whichH834 are in your handsH3027, with whichH834 you are warringH3898 againstH854 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 and the ChaldeansH3778 who are besiegingH6696H5921 you outsideH4480H2351 the wallH2346; and I will 2gatherH622 them into the centerH8432 of thisH2088 cityH5892. 5I 3MyselfH589 will warH3898 againstH854 you with an 4outstretchedH5186 handH3027 and a mightyH2389 armH2220, even in 5angerH639 and wrathH2534 and greatH1419 indignationH7110. 6I will also strikeH5221 downH5221 the inhabitantsH3427 of thisH2088 cityH5892, both manH120 and beastH929; they will dieH4191 of a greatH1419 6pestilenceH1698. 7Then afterwardsH310H3651,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068, “7I will giveH5414 over ZedekiahH6667 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 and his servantsH5650 and the peopleH5971, even those who surviveH7604 in thisH2088 cityH5892 from the pestilenceH1698, the swordH2719 and the famineH7458, into the handH3027 of NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894, and into the handH3027 of their foesH340 and into the handH3027 of those who seekH1245 their livesH5315; and he will strikeH5221 them downH5221 with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719. He 8will not spareH2347 them norH3808 haveH2550 pityH2550 norH3808 compassionH7355.”’

8“You shall also sayH559 to thisH2088 peopleH5971, ‘ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068, “BeholdH2009, I 9setH5414 beforeH6440 you the wayH1870 of lifeH2425 and the wayH1870 of deathH4194. 9He who 10dwellsH3427 in thisH2088 cityH5892 will dieH4191 by the 11swordH2719 and by famineH7458 and by pestilenceH1698; but he who goesH3318 out and fallsH5307 awayH5307 to the ChaldeansH3778 who are besiegingH6696H5921 you will liveH2421, and he will haveH1961 his own lifeH5315 as bootyH7998. 10For I have 12setH7760 My faceH6440 against thisH2088 cityH5892 for 13harmH7463 and not for goodH2899,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068. “It will be 14givenH5414 into the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 and he will 15burnH8313 it with fireH784.”’

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 21:4 Jer 32:5; 33:5; 37:8-10; 38:2, 3, 17, 18 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 21:4 Is 5:5; 13:4; Jer 39:3; Lam 2:5, 7; Zech 14:2 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 21:5 Is 63:10 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 21:5 Ex 6:6; Deut 4:34; Jer 6:12 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 21:5 Is 5:25; Jer 32:37 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 21:6 Jer 14:12; 32:24 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 21:7 2 Kin 25:5-7, 18-21; Jer 37:17; 39:5-9; 52:9 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 21:7 2 Chr 36:17; Jer 13:14; Ezek 7:9; Hab 1:6-10 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 21:8 Deut 30:15, 19; Is 1:19, 20 ↩
  10. 10. Jeremiah 21:9 Jer 38:2, 17-23; 39:18; 45:5 ↩
  11. 11. Jeremiah 21:9 Jer 14:12; 24:10 ↩
  12. 12. Jeremiah 21:10 Lev 17:10; Jer 44:11, 27; Amos 9:4 ↩
  13. 13. Jeremiah 21:10 Lit evil ↩
  14. 14. Jeremiah 21:10 Jer 32:28, 29; 38:3 ↩
  15. 15. Jeremiah 21:10 2 Chr 36:19; Jer 34:2; 37:10; 38:18; 39:8; 52:13 ↩

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