Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 21:14
14I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Also I will set fire to her forest, and it will consume all around her.”
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 says Adonai: “Render justice by morning, and rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Otherwise My fury will go forth like fire and burn so none can extinguish it, because of their evil deeds.” 13“Here I am, against you, situated in the valley, a rocky plateau”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“You are saying, ‘Who would come down against us? Who would enter into our lairs?’ I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Also I will set fire to her forest, and it will consume all around her.”
Read all of Jeremiah 21Jeremiah 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 9:25Egypt, Judah, Edom and Ammon’s children and Moab, and all that have cut the corners of their hair—that dwell in the wilderness. For all the nations are uncircumcised but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
- Jeremiah 11:22Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to punish them! The young men will die by the sword; their sons and their daughters will die by famine.
- Isaiah 10:12Therefore it will come to pass, when Adonai finishes all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glorying of his haughty eyes.”
- Isaiah 24:21It will come about in that day, Adonai will punish the host of heaven on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
- Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining is completely in vain, for the wicked are not drawn off.
- Jeremiah 17:10I Adonai search the heart, I try the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
- Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give 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 schemes.
- Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous, he will be well, eating the fruit of their deeds.
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived—God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also shall reap.
- Jeremiah 22:7I will consecrate destroyers against you, each with his own weapons. They will cut down your choice cedars and cast them into the fire.
- Isaiah 10:18Both the glory of his forest and his fruitful field, he will consume, both soul and body. It will be like a sick man wasting away.
- Isaiah 27:10The fortified city is a lonely habitation, forlorn and forsaken like the desert. There the calf will graze, there lie down and consume its branches.
- Isaiah 37:24Through your servants, you have blasphemed my Lord and said: ‘With my many chariots I have climbed to the heights of the mountains, to the remotest parts of Lebanon! I cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees. I have gone to its farthest peak, its thickest forest.
- Zechariah 11:1Open your gates, Lebanon— fire will devour 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
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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
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