Jeremiah 21:11

Yahweh also told me to say this to the family of the king of Judah: “Listen to this message from Yahweh!

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

In Context

10That will happen because I, Yahweh, have decided to cause this city to experience disasters, not to experience something good. The army of the king of Babylon will capture this city and will destroy it completely by fire.’”

12This is what he says to you descendants of King David: ‘Every day, make fair decisions for the people whom you judge. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue/Save them from those [SYN] who ◄oppress them/treat them cruelly►. If you do not do that, I will be angry and punish [MTY] you with a fire that will be impossible to extinguish, because of all the sins that you have committed.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 13:18You people of Judah, say to the king and to his mother, “Come down from sitting on your thrones and humbly sit in the dust, because your enemies will soon snatch from your heads your glorious crowns.”

Jeremiah 22:1This is another message that Yahweh gave to me: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:

Micah 3:1Then I said, “You Israeli [MTY] leaders, listen to what I say! You should certainly [RHQ] know what things are right to do and what things are wrong,

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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