Jeremiah 21:12
O Bais Dovid, thus saith Hashem: 1 Execute mishpat in the boker, 1 and save him that is robbed 1 out of the yad oshek (hand of the oppressor), 1 lest My chemah (fury) go out like eish, 1 and burn that none can quench it, 1 because of the wickedness of your deeds. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11And touching the Bais Melech Yehudah, say, Hear ye the Devar Hashem.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:28Then I will walk keri unto you also in chamat (fury); and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your chattot.
2 Samuel 8:15And Dovid reigned over kol Yisroel; and Dovid executed mishpat and tzedakah unto all his people.
Psalms 72:1(Of Sh'lomo) 1 and Thy tzedakah unto the Ben Melech. 1
Psalms 82:2Ad mosai (How long) will ye judge unjustly, 1 and show partiality to the resha'im? 1 Selah 1
Psalms 101:8In the bokerim I will destroy 1 all rishei eretz (wicked ones of the land); 1 that I may cut off all doers of evil 1 from the Ir Hashem.
Proverbs 31:8Open thy peh (mouth) for the illem (mute) 1 in the cause of all such as are bnei chalof (sons of destitution). 1
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 →