Jeremiah 21:4

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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
back	מֵסֵב֮ me.Sev	H5437	to revolve · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
weapons	כְּלֵ֣י ke.Lei	H3627	something prepared · noun, common masculine plural construct
war	הַמִּלְחָמָה֮ ha.mil.cha.Mah	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
hands	בְּיֶדְכֶם֒ be.yed.Khem	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
fight	נִלְחָמִ֣ים nil.cha.Mim	H3898	to feed on · verb, niphal active participle, masculine plural absolute
king	מֶ֤לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶל֙ ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
Chaldeans	הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים ha.kas.Dim	H3778	a Kasdite · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
besiege	הַצָּרִ֣ים ha.tza.Rim	H6696	to cramp · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
without	מִח֖וּץ mi.Chutz	H2351	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
walls	לַֽחוֹמָ֑ה la.cho.Mah	H2346	a wall of protection · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
assemble	וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י ve.'a.saf.Ti	H622	to gather for any purpose · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
midst	תּ֖וֹךְ Tokh	H8432	a bisection · noun, common masculine singular construct
city	הָעִ֥יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 5:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down t…
Isaiah 13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the L…
Jeremiah 32:5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall…
Jeremiah 33:5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, a…
Jeremiah 37:8-10 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Jeremiah 38:17-18 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of…
Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and h…
Jeremiah 38:2-3 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 21:1-7

Here is, I. A very humble decent message which king Zedekiah, when he was in distress, sent to Jeremiah the prophet. It is indeed charged upon this Zedekiah that he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet, speaking from the mouth of the Lord (Ch2 36:12); he did not always humble himself as he did sometimes; he never humbled himself till necessity forced him to it; he humbled himself so far as to desire the prophet's assistance, but not so far as to take his advice, or to be ruled by him. Observe, 1. The distress which king Zedekiah was now in: Nebuchadrezzar made war upon him, not only invaded the land, but besieged the city, and had now actually invested it. Note, Those that put the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 21:4

God of Israel--Those "wondrous works" (Jer 21:2) do not belong to you; God is faithful; it is you who forfeit the privileges of the covenant by unfaithfulness. "God will always remain the God of Israel, though He destroy thee and thy people" [CALVIN]. turn back the weapons--I will turn them to a very different use from what you intend them. With them you now fight against the Chaldees "without the walls" (the Jewish defenders being as yet able to sally forth more freely, and defend the fountains outside the walls in the valley under Mount Zion; see Jer 21:13; Jer 19:6-7); but soon ye shall be driven back within the city [MAURER], and "in the midst" of it, I will cause all your arms to be g…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 21:4

Thus saith the Lord God of Israel,.... Who had been, still was, and would be, Israel's God, even the God of such who are Israelites indeed; though he should, as he would, give up the present generation to ruin and destruction; they having by their sins forfeited his care and protection of them; and therefore it was in vain to hope for it from this character which they bore: behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands; so that they should do no hurt to the enemy, but recoil upon themselves. The meaning is, that they should be useless and unserviceable; that they should neither be defensive to them, nor offensive to their enemies; but rather hurtful to themselves. It se…

Dictionary and topics

Babylon · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 21:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 21:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 21:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 21:4

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 21:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 21:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 21:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 21:4

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 21:1-4

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 21:3–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 21:3-7

Rashi on Jeremiah 21:4