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Jeremiah 21:4

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֨ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
הִנְנִ֣יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
מֵסֵב֮me.Sev[am] about to turn roundH5437 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כְּלֵ֣יke.Lei[the] weapons ofH3627 →
הַמִּלְחָמָה֮ha.mil.cha.Mah<the> warH4421 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בְּיֶדְכֶם֒be.yed.Khem[are] in hand yourH3027 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אַתֶּ֜ם'a.TemyouH859 →
נִלְחָמִ֣יםnil.cha.Mim[are] fightingH3898 →
בָּ֗םBamby <the> them
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
מֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶל֙ba.VelBabylonH894 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand withH854 →
הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.Dimthe ChaldeansH3778 →
הַצָּרִ֣יםha.tza.Rimwho are laying siegeH6696 →
עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921 →
מִח֖וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outsideH2351 →
לַֽחוֹמָ֑הla.cho.Mahof the wallH2346 →
וְאָסַפְתִּ֣יve.'a.saf.Tiand I will gatherH622 →
אוֹתָ֔ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
תּ֖וֹךְTokh[the] middle ofH8432 →
הָעִ֥ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
הַזֹּֽאת׃ha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →

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Isaiah 13:4Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.Jeremiah 33:5The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.Jeremiah 32:5He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”Jeremiah 37:8–10Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.Jeremiah 38:17–18Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.Jeremiah 1:18Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.Lamentations 2:5The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.Jeremiah 38:2–3“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.Jeremiah 39:3Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.Lamentations 2:7The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.Habakkuk 1:6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.Hosea 10:10I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.Ezekiel 16:37–41therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.Matthew 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.Hosea 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!Jeremiah 52:18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

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