Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, this saith the Lord: Judge ye judgement in the morning, and deliver him that is oppressed by violence out of the hand of the oppressor: lest my indignation go forth like a fire, and be kindled, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your ways.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11And to the house of the king of Juda: Hear ye the word of the Lord,
13dummy verses inserted by amos
Cross References
Leviticus 26:28I will also go against you with opposite fury, and I will chastise you with seven plagues for your sins,
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all Israel: and David did judgment and justice to all his people.
Psalms 72:1A psalm on Solomon.
Psalms 82:2How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
Psalms 101:8In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.
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 →