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Jeremiah 21:6

What does Jeremiah 21:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 21:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And I will send a great disease on the people living in this town, on man and on beast, causing their death.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I have smitten the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, By a great pestilence do they die.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, men and beasts shall die of a great pestilence.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.5And 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.

v.6This passage

v.7And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 14:12

    When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

  • Jeremiah 36:29

    And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

  • Zephaniah 1:3

    I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

  • Ezekiel 14:21

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

  • Ezekiel 33:29

    Then shall they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

  • Hosea 4:3

    Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

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