Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, thus said YHWH: “Decide judgment in the morning, || And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, || Lest My fury go forth as fire, || And has burned, and none is quenching, || Because of the evil of your doings.
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In Context
11And as for the house of the king of Judah,” || Hear a word of YHWH;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:28then I have walked with you in the fury of opposition, and have disciplined you, even I, sevenfold for your sins.
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigns over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,
Psalms 72:1BY SOLOMON. O God, give Your judgments to the king, || And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
Psalms 82:2Until when do you judge perversely? And lift up the face of the wicked? Selah.
Psalms 101:8At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, || To cut off from the city of YHWH || All the workers of iniquity!
Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for the mute, || For the right of all sons of change.
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 →