Jeremiah 21:6
4 this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
5 And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.
I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
7 ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
8 Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
- KJV
- And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
- WEB
- I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.
- ASV
- And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
- DARBY
- And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
- BLB
- And I will strike those dwelling in this city, both man and beast; by a great pestilence they will die!’
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil slå denne bys innbyggere, både mennesker og dyr; i en stor pest skal de dø.
- OTB
- Jeg vil slå innbyggerne i denne byen, både mennesker og dyr; de skal dø av en alvorlig pest.
- B1930
- Og jeg vil slå denne bys innbyggere, både mennesker og dyr; i en stor pest skal de dø.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 14:19
Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
Read in contextJeremiah 12:3–4
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
Read in contextEzekiel 14:13
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
Read in contextEzekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
Read in contextJeremiah 33:12
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:11
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
Read in contextJeremiah 32:24
See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
Read in contextHosea 4:3
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
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