Jeremiah 21:5

I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.

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In The King James Version

And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

In Context

4'Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, "Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

6I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:15For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;

Deuteronomy 4:34Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Isaiah 9:12The Syrians in front,and the Philistines behind;and they will devour Israel with open mouth.For all this, his anger is not turned away,but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 9:21Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah.For all this his anger is not turned away,but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he himself fought against them.

Jeremiah 32:17'Ah, Lord God! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 21:2-8

Zedekiah's Message to Jeremiah. ( b. c. 590.) 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord , when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, 2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. 3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel;… Read the whole commentary →

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