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Jeremiah 21:4

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Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that [are] in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and [against] the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Thus saith {H559} the LORD {H3068} God {H430} of Israel {H3478}; Behold, I will turn back {H5437} the weapons {H3627} of war {H4421} that are in your hands {H3027}, wherewith ye fight {H3898} against the king {H4428} of Babylon {H894}, and against the Chaldeans {H3778}, which besiege {H6696} you without {H2351} the walls {H2346}, and I will assemble {H622} them into the midst {H8432} of this city {H5892}.

'This is what ADONAI, the God of Isra'el, says: "I will make the weapons of war that you have in your hands ineffectual in your fight against the king of Bavel and the Kasdim who are outside the walls besieging you. Instead, I will gather them inside this city;

this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 33:5 (5 votes)

    They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but [it is] to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

  • Isaiah 5:5 (5 votes)

    And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

  • Jeremiah 32:5 (5 votes)

    And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

  • Jeremiah 37:8 (5 votes)

    And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

  • Jeremiah 37:10 (5 votes)

    For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained [but] wounded men among them, [yet] should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

  • Isaiah 13:4 (5 votes)

    The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

  • Jeremiah 38:17 (4 votes)

    Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: