Jeremiah 21:12
This 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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Leviticus 26:28I will be very angry with you, and I will oppose you, and I myself will punish you for your sins again and again.
2 Samuel 8:15David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
Psalms 72:1O God, enable me, the king whom you appointed in Israel, to rule justly. Show/Teach me how to judge matters fairly
Psalms 82:2“You must [RHQ] stop judging people unfairly; you must no longer make decisions that favor wicked people! (Think about that!)
Psalms 101:8Every day I will try to get rid of all the wicked people in this land; I will do that by expelling them from this city, which is Yahweh’s city.
Proverbs 31:8Speak [MTY] to defend people who are unable to defend themselves; speak to encourage others to do what is right for those who are helpless.
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 →