Jeremiah 21:12
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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear ye the word of Jehovah.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:28then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven-fold for your sins.
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice to all his people.
Psalms 72:1{For Solomon.} O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Psalms 82:2How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.
Psalms 101:8Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 21:9-14
Answer to Zedekiah's Message; Advice to the King and the People. ( b. c. 590.) 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. 9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. 10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →