Jeremiah 27:21
on the land, says the Lord. Go up against it roughly, and against them that dwell on it: avenge, O sword, and destroy utterly, says the Lord, and do according to all that I command you.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
22A sound of war, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans!
Cross References
2 Kings 20:17Behold, the days come, that all things that are in your house shall be taken, and all that your fathers have treasured up until this day, to Babylon; and there shall not + 20:17 Gr. be left behind. fail a word, which the Lord has spoken.
Ezra 1:7And king Cyrus brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had brought from Jerusalem, and put in the house of his god.
Isaiah 39:6Behold, the days come, when they shall take all the things that are in your house, and all that your fathers have gathered until this day, shall go to Babylon; and they shall not leave anything at all: and God has said,
Lamentations 1:10JOD. The oppressor has stretched out his hand on all her desirable things: for she has seen the Gentiles entering into her sanctuary, concerning whom you did command that they should not enter into your congregation.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 27:13-22
Jeremiah's Counsel to Zedekiah; Submission to Nebuchadnezzar Urged. ( b. c. 597.) 12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying,… Read the whole commentary →