Jeremiah 21:12
O house of Dauid, thus saith the Lord, Execute iudgement in the morning, and deliuer the oppressed out of the hande of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire and burne, that none can quench it, because of the wickednes of your workes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
11And say vnto the house of the King of Iudah, Heare ye the worde of the Lord.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:28Then will I walke stubburnly in mine anger against you, and I will also chastice you seuen times more according to your sinnes.
2 Samuel 8:15Thus Dauid reigned ouer all Israel, and executed iudgement and iustice vnto all his people.
Psalms 72:1A Psalme of Salomon. Give thy iudgements to the King, O God, and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne.
Psalms 82:2How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psalms 101:8Betimes will I destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord.
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.
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 →