Jeremiah 21:10

For I have set my face against this city, for calamity and not for blessing, Declareth Yahweh,—Into the hand of the king of Babylon, shall it be given up, and he will burn it with fire.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

In Context

9He that remaineth in this city, shall die—by the sword or by the famine or by the pestilence,—Whereas, he that goeth forth and falleth unto the Chaldeans, who are besieging you,—then shall he live, and, his life, shall become to him, a spoil;

11Now, as to the house of the king of Judah,—hear ye the word of Yahweh:—

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Cross References

Leviticus 17:10And, what man soever, there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, that partaketh of any manner of blood, then will I set my face against the person that partaketh of the blood, and will cut him off from the midst of his people.

Leviticus 26:17And I will set my face against you, And ye shall be smitten before your foes,-And be trodden down by them who hate you, And shall flee when no one is pursuing you.

Psalms 34:16the face of Yahweh, is against such as do wickedness, To cut off, from the earth, their memory.

Jeremiah 26:6Then I will make this house like Shiloh,—And, this city, will I make a contempt to all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah 32:29And the Chaldeans, who are fighting against this city, Shall enter, and Shall set this city on fire, and Shall consume it,—With the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to Baal and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger;

Jeremiah 34:22Behold me! giving command, Declareth Yahweh, and I will bring them back unto this city, and they will fight against it and capture it, and consume it with fire,—and, the cities of Judah, will I make too desolate to have an inhabitant.

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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