Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah. It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11And to the house of the king of Judah: Hear ye the word of Jehovah,
Cross References
Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against evil-doers, To cut off their remembrance from the earth.
Jeremiah 26:6then will I make this house like Shiloh, and this city will I make a curse to all the nations of the earth.
Jeremiah 32:29And the Chaldaeans who fight against this city shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out incense to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Jeremiah 34:22Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city, and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
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 →