Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11And as to the house of the king of Judah, Hear ye a word of Jehovah;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:28then I have walked with you in the fury of opposition, and have chastised you, even I, seven times for your sins.
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigneth over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,
Psalms 72:1By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.
Psalms 82:2Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
Psalms 101:8At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.
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 →