Jeremiah 21:4 Cross References - Rotherham

⁴ Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel––Behold me! turning back the weapons of war that are in your hand, wherewith, ye, are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans, who are besieging you, outside the wall,––and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

⁵ Now, therefore, I pray you, let me tell, you, what I, am about to do to my vineyard,––To take away the fence thereof, And it shall be eaten up, To destroy the wall thereof, And it shall be trodden down;

⁴ Without me, one hath bowed under a prisoner Yea, under the slain, do they fall! For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But, still, is his hand outstretched.

⁴ The noise of a multitude in the mountains, A resemblance of many people,––The noise of a tumult of kingdoms, Nations gathered together, Yahweh of hosts, mustering a host for battle!

⁵ and, into Babylon, shall he lead Zedekiah, and, there, shall he remain, until I visit him, Declareth Yahweh,––though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?

⁵ In entering to fight with the Chaldeans, it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have smitten in mine anger and in mine indignation,––and because of whom I have hidden my face from this city,––by reason of all their wickedness.

⁸ Then will the Chaldeans come back, and fight against this city,––and capture it, and burn it with fire. ⁹ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Let not your own souls deceive you, saying, The Chaldeans will, surely depart, from us! For they will not depart; ¹⁰ For, though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there had remained of them only desperately wounded, men, yet, every man in his tent, should have arisen and burnt this city, with fire.

² Thus, saith Yahweh, He that remaineth in this city, shall die, by sword, by famine, or by pestilence,––whereas, he that goeth forth unto the Chaldeans, shall live, so shall he have his life for a spoil, and shall live. ³ Thus, saith Yahweh,––This city shall, surely be given, into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it.

¹⁷ Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel––If thou wilt, indeed go forth, unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall thine own soul live, and, this city, shall not be burned with fire,––but thou shalt live, thou, and thy house. ¹⁸ But, if thou wilt not go forth unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall this city be delivered into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and, thou, shalt not escape out of their hand.

³ Then came in all the princes of the king of Babylon, and sat in the middle gate,––Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, Sarsechim, chief eunuch, Nergal–sharezer, chief soothsayer, and all the residue, of the princes of the king of Babylon.

¹⁸ and, the caldrons and the shovels and the snuffers and the dashing bowls, and the spoons, even all the utensils of bronze wherewith ministration used to be made, did they take away;

⁵ My Lord hath become like a foe, hath swallowed up Israel, hath swallowed up all her castles, ruined his strongholds,––and hath caused to abound, in the daughter of Judah, lamentation and mourning.

⁷ My Lord hath rejected his altar, hath abhorred his sanctuary, hath delivered, into the hand of the foe, the walls of her castles,––A voice, have they uttered in the house of Yahweh, as on the day of an appointed assembly.

³⁷ Therefore, behold me! gathering together all thy lovers, unto whom thou didst make thyself pleasant, Even all whom thou lovedst, With all whom thou hatedst,––Yea I will gather them, together unto thee from every side, And will uncover thy shame unto them, And they shall see all thy shame. ³⁸ So will I judge thee, with the judgments meted out to adulteresses and shedders of blood,––And will repay thee with the blood of indignation and jealousy; ³⁹ And will deliver thee, into their hand, And they shall pull down thy brothel, And break in pieces thy heights, And strip thee of thy raiment, And take away thine adorning, jewels,––And leave thee utterly naked. ⁴⁰ Then will they bring up against thee a gathered host, And they will stone thee with stones,––And cut thee to pieces with their swords; ⁴¹ And burn up thy houses with fire, And execute upon thee judgments, before the eyes of many women,––So will I cause thee to cease from acting unchastely, Moreover also, a present, shalt thou not give any more.

¹² Yea, though they rear their children, yet will I make them childless, till there be no human being,––for it is, nothing less than woe, to them when I depart from them!

² Yea I will gather together all the nations unto Jerusalem, to battle, and the city, shall be captured, and the houses, plundered, and, the women, ravished,––and half of the city, shall go forth, into exile, but, the remainder of the people, shall not be cut off out of the city.

⁷ And, the king, was provoked to anger,––and, sending his armies, destroyed those murderers, and, their city, set on fire.