Jeremiah 21:12 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.

BSB

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ASV

O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

KJV

O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 11, 12.) And to the house of the king of Judah, hear the word of the Lord, O house of David. Thus says the Lord, Judge in the morning, and deliver the oppressed from the hand of the oppressor, lest my indignation goes forth like fire and is kindled with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds. The phrase 'because of the evil of your deeds' is not found in the Septuagint.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This intimates that it was their neglect to do their duty that brought all this desolation upon the people. It was the evil of their doings that kindled the fire of God's wrath. Thus plainly does he deal even with the house of the king; for those that would have the benefit of a prophet's prayers must thankfully take a prophet's reproofs.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Execute judgment in the morning - Probably the time for dispensing judgment was the morning, when the people were going to their work; but the words may mean, Do justice promptly, do not delay. Let justice be administered as soon as required.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

MAURER translates, "every morning." lest my fury . . . like fire--Already it was kindled, and the decree of God gone forth against the city (Jer 21:4, 5), but the king and his house may yet be preserved by repentance and reformation. God urges to righteousness, not as if they can thereby escape punishment wholly, but as the condition of a mitigation of it.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בֵּ֣ית	beit	O house of	H1004 →
דָּוִ֗ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
כֹּ֚ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
דִּ֤ינוּ	Di.nu	judge	H1777 →
לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙	la.Bo.ker	to the morning	H1242 →
מִשְׁפָּ֔ט	mish.Pat	justice	H4941 →
וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ	ve.ha.Tzi.lu	and deliver	H5337 →
גָז֖וּל	ga.Zul	[one who] has been robbed	H1497 →
מִיַּ֣ד	mi.Yad	from [the] hand of	H3027 →
עוֹשֵׁ֑ק	o.Shek	an oppressor	H6231 →
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
תֵּצֵ֨א	te.Tze'	it should go forth	H3318 →
כָאֵ֜שׁ	kha.'Esh	like <the> fire	H784 →
חֲמָתִ֗י	cha.ma.Ti	rage my	H2534 →
וּבָעֲרָה֙	u.va.'a.Rah	and it will burn	H1197 →
וְאֵ֣ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
מְכַבֶּ֔ה	me.kha.Beh	[will be one who] extinguishes	H3518 →
מִפְּנֵ֖י	mi.pe.Nei	<from> because of	H6440 →
רֹ֥עַ	Ro.a'	[the] wickedness of	H7455 →
מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃	ma.'a.lei.khem	deeds your	H4611 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
leads to
- Micah 6:8
  He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Jeremiah 22:3
  This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.…
- Psalms 82:3–4
  Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Proverbs 31:9
  Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
- Isaiah 1:23
  Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Through
Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:16
  Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
- Colossians 2:11
  In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
- Romans 2:28–29
  A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.

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