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, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is made desolate out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 13Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; who say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall devour all things on every side of it.

Jeremiah 21:14 word by word

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

• punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• doingsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• kindleיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293
• devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• ofסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Jeremiah 21:14

• Jeremiah 9:25Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them who are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
• Jeremiah 11:22Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
• Isaiah 10:12Therefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
• Isaiah 24:21And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
• Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
• Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thy eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
• Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
• Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• Jeremiah 22:7And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
• Isaiah 10:18And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
• Isaiah 27:10Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its branches.
• Isaiah 37:24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots have I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees: and I will enter into the height of its border, and the forest of his Carmel.
• Ezekiel 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
• Zechariah 11:1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy 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