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Jeremiah 21:9

Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.

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ASV

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and passeth over to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

KJV

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַיֹּשֵׁב֙hai.yo.Shevthe [one who] remainsH3427 →
בָּעִ֣ירba.'Irin the cityH5892 →
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
יָמ֕וּתya.Muthe will dieH4191 →
בַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719 →
וּבָרָעָ֣בu.va.ra.'Avand by <the> famineH7458 →
וּבַדָּ֑בֶרu.va.Da.verand by <the> pestilenceH1698 →
וְהַיּוֹצֵא֩ve.hai.yo.Tze'and the [one who] goes outH3318 →
וְנָפַ֨לve.na.Faland he will fallH5307 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הַכַּשְׂדִּ֜יםha.kas.Dimthe ChaldeansH3778 →
הַצָּרִ֤יםha.tza.Rimwho are laying siegeH6696 →
עֲלֵיכֶם֙'a.lei.Khemon youH5921 →
וְחָיָ֔הve.cha.yahand he will liveH2421 →
וְהָֽיְתָה־ve.ha.ye.tah-and it will belongH1961 →
לּ֥וֹloto <the> him
נַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.Sholife hisH5315 →
לְשָׁלָֽל׃le.sha.Lalto plunderH7998 →

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Jeremiah 38:2“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 45:5But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”Jeremiah 39:18For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”Jeremiah 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”Jeremiah 38:17–23Then 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.Ezekiel 5:12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.Jeremiah 27:11But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”Jeremiah 27:13Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?Jeremiah 21:7‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’Jeremiah 37:13But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”Jeremiah 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.Isaiah 3:25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.Jeremiah 44:13I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,Ezekiel 14:19Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,

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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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