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Jeremiah 21:5

And I myself, will fight against you, with a hand outstretched, and with an arm of strength,—and with anger and with wrath and with great indignation;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel—Behold me! turning back the weapons of war that are in your hand, wherewith, ye, are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans, who are besieging you outside the wall,—and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

6and I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast,—of a great pestilence, shall they die.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:15For now, might I have put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence,—and thou shouldst have secretly disappeared from the earth;

Deuteronomy 4:34Or did a god ever make trial of entering in to take unto him a nation out of the midst of a nation, by provings, by signs and by wonders and by fighting, and by a firm hand and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors,—according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

Isaiah 9:12Syrians before and Philistines behind, Thus have they devoured Israel with open mouth,—For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched.

Isaiah 9:21Manasseh—Ephraim, and Ephraim—Manasseh, They together—against Judah,—For all this, hath his anger not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched.

Isaiah 63:10But, they, rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit,—And so he turned against them as an enemy, he himself, fought against them.

Jeremiah 32:17Alas! My Lord, Yahweh! Lo! thou thyself, didst make the heavens, and the earth, by thy great might, and by thine outstretched arm,—There is nothing, too wonderful for thee:

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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