Jeremiah 21:14

But I will visit you in punishment according to the p'ri (fruit) of your deeds, saith Hashem; 1 and I will kindle an eish in the ya'ar (forest) thereof, 1 and it shall devour all things round about it.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

In Context

13Hineni, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the emek (valley), 1 and tzur (rock) of the plain, saith Hashem; 1 which say, Who shall come down against us? 1 Or who shall enter into our me'onot (dwelling places, homes)? 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:19And they burned the Beis HaElohim, and broke down the Chomat Yerushalayim, and burned all the palaces thereof with eish, and destroyed all its precious vessels. + 36:19 Tisha B'Av

Proverbs 12:14An ish shall be filled with tov by the fruit of his peh (mouth), 1 and the recompence of the hands of adam shall be rendered unto him. 1

Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when Adonoi hath performed His whole work upon Mount Tziyon and on Yerushalayim, I will punish the fruit of the proud lev of Melech Ashur, and the tiferet of his haughty eyes. 1

Isaiah 24:21And it shall come to pass in yom hahu (that day), 1 that Hashem shall visit [in punishment] 1 the Tzeva HaMarom (Host on High, Pagan deities), 1 and the melachim of ha'adamah (kings of the earth) 1 upon ha'adamah (the earth). 1

Isaiah 37:24By thy avadim hast thou insulted Adonoi, 1 and hast said, 1 By the multitude of my chariots am I come up marom harim, 1 to the heights of Levanon; 1 and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, 1 and the choice pine trees thereof; 1 and I will enter into its most remote height, 1 and the ya'ar (forest) of its fruitful land. 1

Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow, 1 the oferet (lead) is consumed by the eish; 1 the smelterʼs refining is in vain; 1 for the ra'im are not drawn off. 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 →

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