Jeremiah 9:21

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

For death is come up into our windows, [and] is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.

Complete Jewish Bible:

"Death has come up through our windows, it has entered our palaces, it has cut down children in the streets and young people in the public places."

Berean Standard Bible:

For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

American Standard Version:

For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

For death{H4194} is come up{H5927} into our windows{H2474}, and is entered{H935} into our palaces{H759}, to cut off{H3772} the children{H5768} from without{H2351}, and the young men{H970} from the streets{H7339}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Jeremiah 6:11

  • Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with [him that is] full of days.

Ezekiel 9:5

  • ¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

Ezekiel 9:6

  • Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which [were] before the house.

Jeremiah 15:7

  • And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave [them] of children, I will destroy my people, [since] they return not from their ways.

2 Chronicles 36:17

  • Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave [them] all into his hand.

Amos 6:10

  • And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

Amos 6:11

  • For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

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Commentary for Jeremiah 9:21

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H4194
    There are 155 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָוֶת
    Transliteration: mâveth
    Pronunciation: maw'-veth
    Description: from מוּת; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
  2. Strong's Number: H5927
    There are 817 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָלָה
    Transliteration: ʻâlâh
    Pronunciation: aw-law'
    Description: a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
  3. Strong's Number: H2474
    There are 27 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חַלּוֹן
    Transliteration: challôwn
    Pronunciation: khal-lone'
    Description: a window (as perforated); window.
  4. Strong's Number: H935
    There are 2307 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בּוֹא
    Transliteration: bôwʼ
    Pronunciation: bo
    Description: a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
  5. Strong's Number: H759
    There are 223 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַרְמוֹן
    Transliteration: ʼarmôwn
    Pronunciation: ar-mone'
    Description: from an unused root (meaning to be elevated); a citadel (from its height); castle, palace. Compare הַרְמוֹן.
  6. Strong's Number: H3772
    There are 280 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כָּרַת
    Transliteration: kârath
    Pronunciation: kaw-rath'
    Description: a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.
  7. Strong's Number: H5768
    There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עוֹלֵל
    Transliteration: ʻôwlêl
    Pronunciation: o-lale'
    Description: or עֹלָל; from עוּל; a suckling; babe, (young) child, infant, little one.
  8. Strong's Number: H2351
    There are 159 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חוּץ
    Transliteration: chûwts
    Pronunciation: khoots
    Description: or (shortened) חֻץ; (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors; abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
  9. Strong's Number: H970
    There are 44 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּחוּר
    Transliteration: bâchûwr
    Pronunciation: baw-khoor'
    Description: or בָּחֻר; participle passive of בָּחַר; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective); (choice) young (man), chosen, [idiom] hole.
  10. Strong's Number: H7339
    There are 41 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רְחֹב
    Transliteration: rᵉchôb
    Pronunciation: rekh-obe'
    Description: or רְחוֹב; from רָחַב; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area; broad place (way), street. See also בֵּית רְחוֹב.