JEREMIAH 21:5

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.”

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Jeremiah 21:5 Translation & Meaning

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And I myself אֲנִי֙ I And I myself
will fight וְנִלְחַמְתִּ֤י To feed on; by implication, to battle (as destruction) fight
against אִתְּכֶ֔ם Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc against
you with an outstretched נְטוּיָ֖ה To stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) outstretched
hand בְּיָ֥ד A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hand
and with a strong חֲזָקָ֑ה Strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent) strong
arm, וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ The arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force arm
even in anger, וּבְאַ֥ף Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire even anger
and in fury, וּבְחֵמָ֖ה Heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) fury
and in great גָּדֽוֹל׃ Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent great
wrath. וּבְקֶ֥צֶף Figuratively, rage or strife wrath

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  • 3  Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

  • 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.

  • 5  And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

  • 6  And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

  • 7  And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.




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