Jeremiah 21:10 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 21:10

For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’

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ASV

For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

KJV

For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
שַׂ֣מְתִּי	Sam.ti	I have set	H7760 →
פָ֠נַי	Fa.nai	face my	H6440 →
בָּעִ֨יר	ba.'Ir	on the city	H5892 →
הַזֹּ֧את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
לְרָעָ֛ה	le.ra.'Ah	for harm	H7451 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
לְטוֹבָ֖ה	le.to.Vah	for good	H2896 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
מֶ֤לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
בָּבֶל֙	ba.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
תִּנָּתֵ֔ן	ti.na.Ten	it will be given	H5414 →
וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ	u.se.ra.Fah	and he will burn it	H8313 →
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ ס	ba.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 15:7
And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I…
leads to
- Psalms 34:16
  But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 14:8
  I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Through
Amos 9:4
Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
leads to
- Leviticus 17:10
  If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 26:33
  But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
Through
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
leads to
- Micah 3:12
  Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- Psalms 79:1
  The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19
  Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
Through
Jeremiah 44:27
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:28
  Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.