And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
And I have smitten the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, By a great pestilence do they die.
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile