Jeremiah 21:12
10 For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’
11 Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD.
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
13 Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
14 I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
- KJV
- O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled 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.
- WEB
- House of David, the LORD says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- ASV
- O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- DARBY
- House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- BLB
- O house of David, thus says YHWH: ‘Judge [with] justice in the morning, and deliver the one plundered from the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go forth and burn like the fire, so that no one can quench [it]—because of the evil of your⁺ deeds.
- ÅB
- Så sier Herren: Hold rett hver morgen, og fri den som er plyndret, ut av undertrykkerens hånd, for at ikke min harme skal fare ut som ild og brenne uten at noen slukker, for deres onde gjerningers skyld!
- OTB
- Davids hus, dette sier Herren: Utfør rettferdighet hver morgen; redd den som er blitt ranet fra undertrykkerens hånd, slik at min vrede ikke bryter ut som ild og brenner uten at noen kan slukke den, på grunn av ondskapen i deres gjerninger.
- B1930
- Så sier Herren: Hold rett hver morgen, og fri den som er plyndret, ut av undertrykkerens hånd, forat ikke min harme skal fare ut som ild og brenne uten at nogen slukker, for eders onde gjerningers skyld!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Read in contextProverbs 31:8–9
Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
Read in contextIsaiah 1:31
The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
Read in contextZechariah 7:9–11
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:2–3
saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:47–48
Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.
Read in contextZephaniah 3:5
The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
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