Jeremiah 21:6

6 I will strike down those who live in this city—both man and beast—and they will die of a terrible plague.

Jeremiah 21:6 in Other Translations

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

6 And I will strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast. They shall die of a great pestilence.

6 I will send a terrible plague upon this city, and both people and animals will die.

6 I'm prepared to wipe out the population of this city, people and animals alike, in a raging epidemic.

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

6 I will defeat those who live in this city, both people and animals. They will die from a terrible plague.

6 I will strike the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a great plague.

6 I will strike down those who live in this city. I will kill people and animals alike. They will die of a terrible plague.

Jeremiah 21:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 21:6

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city
With one or other of his arrows after mentioned: or, "them that abide in this city" {o}; that do not go out of it, and surrender themselves to the king of Babylon; see ( Jeremiah 21:9 ) ; both man and beast;
the latter for the sin of the former; particularly such beasts as were fit for food are meant, whereby the famine would be increased, and so the greater destruction of men: they shall die of a great pestilence;
both man and beast; a disease which comes immediately from the hand of God; hence Hippocrates used to call it (to yeion) , "the divine disease": here it denotes a very uncommon one, which should sweep away large numbers; called great, both for quality, or the nature of it, and for the quantity of persons that died of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (ryeh ybvwy ta) "manentes in hac urbe", Gataker.

Jeremiah 21:6 In-Context

4 ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians who are outside the wall besieging you. And I will gather them inside this city.

5 I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm in furious anger and in great wrath.

6 I will strike down those who live in this city—both man and beast—and they will die of a terrible plague.

7 After that, declares the LORD, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague, sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will put them to the sword; he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.’

8 “Furthermore, tell the people, ‘This is what the LORD says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

Cross References

• 1. S Jeremiah 7:20
• 2. S Jeremiah 14:12