Jeremiah 21:6
4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; 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 pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
Read in contextJeremiah 12:3–4
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
Read in contextEzekiel 14:13
Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
Read in contextEzekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Read in contextJeremiah 33:12
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:11
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
Read in contextJeremiah 32:24
Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Read in contextHosea 4:3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
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